The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen Part I

Kings of Mercia, Offa, Penny, Heavy coinage, London, Winenoth, offa r : e · x between two beaded lines, Mercian M above, rev. vvi nod in two lines divided by double-lobed cylindrical ornament containing a row of pellets, 1.25g/12h (Chick 214j, this coin; Blunt 105; BMC 56-7; N 326; S 908). Chipped, otherwise very fine, rare £1,200-1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Found at St Cross, Winchester (Hampshire); P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 11-13 November 1918, lot 1605; G.C. Drabble Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 323; J.H. Barnes Collection, Sotheby Auction, 26 June 1974, lot 381