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Early Medieval Coin: Penny of Offa of Mercia
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2014-04-02 09:46:55
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Early Medieval Coin: Penny of Offa of Mercia
Description
English: Silver Coin. Penny of Offa of Mercia (757-796), possibly London or Canterbury light issue of 780-792.

Obverse description: Beaded shaft with a cross at either end, separating horizontal legend. Three pellets scattered in upper field, two separate and three grouped pellets in lower field.

Obverse inscription: OFFA / REX [King Offa of Mercia]

Reverse description: Cross with beaded shaft separating lines of horizontal legend; two separated and three grouped pellets in upper field, a pair and a single pellet in lower field. Pelleted outer circle.

Reverse inscription: JEL / VALP EðEL / UALD [Ethelwald the Moneyer]

Diameter: 16.6mm, Weight: 1.22gms, die axis: 12.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 780 and 792
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FindID: 608735
Old ref: NLM-54C641
Filename: NLM24996.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/463177
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/463177/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/608735
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