Obverse:

OFFA REX around a diademend bust facing right.

Reverse:

P EN DR ED in angles of a floriate cross.

Ragged edge otherwise about very fine and a good example of the issue. Registered on EMC as 1996.0166.

Published in:

Chick, D (2010) The Coinage of Offa and His Contemporaries, BNS Special Publication 6, Spink - pg 90 and Plate 10 - No. 68c (This coin)

Besly E., Holmes N., et al, (1996) ‘Coin register, 1996' BNJ vol. 66, pg 156 - No. 166 (not illustrated)

Ex CNG Auction, 13 Sep 2017 - Lot 1085 (Realised $2,760 Inc. Bp.)

Ex Davisson Printed Auction 6, 29 Feb 1996 - Lot 230.

With Spink ticket.

Found Nr. Stevenage, Hertfordshire 1991 and recorded on EMC 1996.0166