Northamptonshire County Council, Julie Cassidy, 2011-08-11 12:00:58
Title
offa penny reverse
Description
English: An early-medieval siver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), light coinage (Chick 55; North 301), mint: London, moneyer: Ibba. Refs: Chick 2010; North 1994: 87; this coin also published as Naismith and Naylor 2012, no.8.
Obverse: OFFA REX. Bust type Cb facing right.
Reverse: Floriate cross with lozenge centre. IBBA in angles.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date
between 765 and 792
Accession number
FindID: 457767 Old ref: NARC-3B6140 Filename: offa reverse.jpg
Credit line
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
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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