Penny - Offa Light coinage; non-portrait type

Features

Issuer Kingdom of Mercia (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
King Offa (757-796)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 780-792
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound
Composition Silver
Weight 1.15 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
56058
References Sp# 904,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
North# 261
Jeffrey J. North; 1963. English Hammered Coinage / Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon : Henry III c. 650-1272. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Cross formed of pellets with inner circle containing five pellets, Mercian letters in angles.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
E
O m
Rx

Translation: King Offa of Mercia.

Reverse

Small cross pattée within inner circle, pellets in angles; outer cross formed of geometric shapes, Mercian letters in angles.

Lettering:
A
B P
O

Mints

Canterbury, England
London, United Kingdom (650-1279)

Comments

Anglo-Saxon middle period (c.780-973), Kings of Mercia (757-880), Offa (757-796), Light coinage (c.780-792).

London and Canterbury mints, various types without portraits, small flans.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (780-792) 

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