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[blazetattoo]

hi me n my son had a good day out in Kent on Sunday a few old pennies couple of buckles n button s just about to leave for home n came across this silver coin (size of 5p) well chuffed i was wondering if anyone could help id it for me as i am stuck thank you mick

[ems]

cant be certain but looks like an offa penny which if that id is corect is a very good find < do some research and please post results if that is correct !!

[MarT]

I am not sure either Mick but it does look like Anglo Saxon to me, maybe a sceatta??
will watch this with interest... fantastic find, well done.
MarT

[Ian]

it could possibly be a Sceat. Looks very similar.

Ian

[Jayreef]

Hi

First post

I am throwing in with

Edward the Elder (899 - 924), During the early part of his reign (895-902), in Northern England the Northumbrian Vikings issued coins, with this example possibly from York.

Cunnetti type Penny
CNVT REX on obverse

It is a very similar style, and could have been struck elsewhere

thats my guess - nice coin

[Jayreef]

Ok

I have changed my mind

I am now thinking

Sceat - beonna - because the interlace design resembles frankish or frisian coinage, and he did some of these

I think it is a rare coin however

[Jayreef]

It's the square/diamond with concave sides in the right hand image that's throwing me!
I can't find anything quite like it...

look at frankish coins, they used similar

[Jayreef]

Well I forwarded the pic to Keith Chapman of http://www.anglosaxoncoins.com
and he came back to me with this:

Hello Geoff,
I don't recall seeing one exactly like that - OFFA - can't read the reverse well enough to figure out the moneyer. I would need to see the actual coin to be more precise.
Best,
Keith

Keith's seen a few coins and if I were you, Mick, I'd be getting in touch....it's rare.

your on the nail, the front of the coin does say OFFA REX

Thats what i love about all this, learning something new every day

Awesome

[Jorvik Andi]

Am really interested to find out more about this coin.... hope you post an update soon.

BTW it's a beautiful coin... WD

Andi

[Jayreef]

A friend of mine from another forum that has a talent for coin identification found this

really close in my opinion

http://www-cm.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac ... limit_=100

and probably helps

[blazetattoo]

that is very close thank you every one for your responce mick

[galaxion]

well done m8 wat a nice coin i hope it does you well

[Mick]

Have you had it valued yet mate and is it now definately Offa.

Cheers
Mick

[Tomcat-uk]

Hi,
Congratulations! Worth a couple of K's
For a proper ID ask Brent from
http://www.time-lines.co.uk/anglo-saxon ... 709-0.html

for a ID as he has a resident expert in his offices.

This is what he says about Offa.
TC

Quote"
King Offa (757 - 796 AD)
The most powerful and best known of the Mercian kings, Offa is one of the few early Anglo-Saxon kings whose names are still celebrated today due to his establishment of the border with Wales. Offa rose to power in the Kingdom of Mercia in 757 A.D., after driving out his rival, Beornred; Offa's claim to the throne was based in part on his descent from Pybba, brother of Penda, a 7th century king of the Mercians. Offa was a highly successful ruler and tactician, defeating several other kings to proclaim himself rex totius anglorum 'king of all the English', the first to claim such wide rule. He was probably named for the legendary hero of the Angles, Offa of Angeln, who set out a boundary in single combat against the Swabians at the River Eider in northern Germany. In 779 A.D. he was at war with Cynewulf of Wessex from whom he wrested land in the Thames Valley; ten years later, he secured an alliance with Berhtric of Wessex by giving him his daughter, Eadburg, in marriage. In 794 A.D. he slew Æthelberht of East Anglia, though some accounts ascribe the murder to Cynethryth, Offa's wife. He died after a reign of thirty-nine years and was succeeded by his son, Ecgferth." Un-quote.