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Early Medieval coin: penny of Offa
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Laura Burnett, 2010-07-19 11:59:44
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Early Medieval coin: penny of Offa
Description
English: An early-medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-796), heavy coinage (c.792-796), mint: London, moneyer: Diola. This is a new type for Diola, comparable with North 321 (see notes below). Ref: Naismith and Naylor 2012, no. 21; North 1994: 89.

Obv: + OFFA between two beaded lines across the field with REX below and M above, the M flanked by groups of three pellets

rev: Moneyers name in lunettes with crosses between the lunetes to each side, the moneyers name is flanked by a cross and group of three pellets in the top lunette and by groups of three pellets in the bottom lunette

rev inscription: + DIO//LA, LA retrograde
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date between 792 and 796
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FindID: 399394
Old ref: SUSS-42DD45
Filename: SUSS-42DD45.jpg
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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
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/289935/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/399394
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