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Early-Medieval coin : Penny of Offa
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Winchester Museums Service, Katie Hinds, 2013-05-16 15:16:49
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Early-Medieval coin : Penny of Offa
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English: An Early-Medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96); Light Coinage (c.765-92); moneyer: Withnoth [actually Winoth]; mint: London; new variety related to Chick 76. Measures 16.38mm in diameter and weighs 0.99g. The flan is rather jagged.

Obverse: OFFA REX in two lines divided by a beaded bar with fleurs at each end. Various pellets around and within letters.

Reverse: UI/N/O/d (O lozenge-shaped; d=theta) in the angles of a lozenge-cross fleury (single fleurs). In the centre is a lozenge containing four pellets arranged in a cross shape.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 765 and 792
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FindID: 558934
Old ref: HAMP-8D55A3
Filename: HAMP-8D55A3b.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/426797
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/426797/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/558934
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