Medieval silver penny coin of Offa of Mercia, c.787-c.792
Photographer
Colchester Museums, Laura Pooley, 2006-10-02 15:29:05
Title
Medieval silver penny coin of Offa of Mercia, c.787-c.792
Description
English: Medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia. It is a Group II coin without a portrait, c.787-c.792, and the obverse contains the King’s name across the field. Obverse: OFFA REX in two lunettes divided by a line of pellets with a cross at each end. Reverse: ETHELNOTH in two lines divided by a line of pellets with an ornament at each end. Moneyer: Ethelnoth. It measures 17mm in diameter, weighs 1.19g and has a die axis of 6. North, J. J. 1980. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 1: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c.600-1272, page 59, ref. 286.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Essex
Date
between 787 and 792
Accession number
FindID: 144235 Old ref: ESS-BC6851 Filename: cn000346.jpg
Credit line
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Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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