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Early Medieval coin: Penny of Offa
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Buckinghamshire County Museum, Helen Hyre, 2014-01-27 06:30:54
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Early Medieval coin: Penny of Offa
Description
English: An Early Medieval silver penny of Offa (757-796). Light Coinage; moneyer: Osmod. Mint: Canterbury c. 780-792.

North 264/Chick 125/ Blunt 19.

The reverse is closest to Chick 125e with its plain saltire cross in the centre.

Obv: inscription in the angles of a long cross botonnee over a saltire botannee; various pellets in field.

+0/FF/AR/EX/(A barred).

Rev: inscription in the angles of a long cross botonnee with a large annulet centre containing a saltire; various pellets in field.

O/SM/O/d (O large annulet enclosing pellet).

Depicted place (County of findspot) Wokingham
Date between 780 and 792
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FindID: 597507
Old ref: BUC-5FCC31
Filename: 4DSCN6775.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/453866
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/453866/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/597507
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