Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny, Light coinage, Edilvald, London, undraped, diademed bust right, spray in front, rev. ed il va ld divided by four lobes, in centre, cross bottonnée with trefoils in angles, 1.20g/10h (Chick 9; Blunt 58; N –; S 905). Surfaces slightly porous, otherwise good very fine with a portrait of high artistic merit; this specimen UNIQUE to commerce £5,000-6,000

Chick lists three examples of his type 9, the third however has no spray by the bust and should be included in type 10. Both the others are in museums; the Drabble specimen is in the National Museum of Wales, while the Ashmolean coin is ex Lockett and Carlyon-Britton