Coins and Historical Medals

Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-796), Penny, Light coinage, Canterbury, Peohtweald, o ff ·a·r ex in angles of long cross botonnée with lobe in each angle, rev. pe ht va ld in angles of Celtic cross with long cross fleury on limbs and small saltire in centre, 1.12g/12h (Chick 130; N 277; S 904). About very fine, full and round, small bend to flan £1,500-£2,000

This lot is a detectorist find and is registered with the The Fitwilliam Museum's Early Medieval Coin Finds. The find number is 2026.0106.

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Found in Torbay 5 April 2026 (EMC 2026.0106)

Extremely rare having been found in the West Country