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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa (757-796). AR Penny, Heavy Coinage, Canterbury Mint, Moneyer Babba, Struck circa 792/3-796.

Lot 277: ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa (757-796). AR Penny, Heavy Coinage, Canterbury Mint, Moneyer Babba, Struck circa 792/3-796.

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An Anglo-Saxon AR Penny, identified as heavy coinage from the Kingdom of Mercia, issued under King Offa (757-796). This coin was struck at the Canterbury mint by the moneyer Babba, circa 792/3-796. The irregularly shaped, roughly circular coin is composed of silver or a silver alloy. The obverse prominently features the text “RABBA” in capital letters horizontally across its center, flanked above and below by stylized linear decorations and bordered by a dotted rim. The reverse displays a central circular motif composed of raised dots, surrounded by various abstract or geometric symbols, and similarly encircled by a dotted rim.