Mercia, Offa, Penny, Group II with portrait, Ealmund, obv. diademed bust right, OFFA in front and REX behind (cf. Blunt 21, 49 [Ealred] and 63 [Ibba]), rev. E-AL-MU-ND on leaves of quatrefoil, fleurs in angles (cf. Sotheby, 12 Nov. 1981, lot 37), 19.9 grains/1.29 grams, obverse tarnished and hair a trifle weak, otherwise extremely fine, very rare, a new type for the moneyer

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Mercia, Offa, Penny, Group II with portrait, Ealmund, obv. diademed bust right, OFFA in front and REX behind (cf. Blunt 21, 49 [Ealred] and 63 [Ibba]), rev. E-AL-MU-ND on leaves of quatrefoil, fleurs in angles (cf. Sotheby, 12 Nov. 1981, lot 37), 19.9 grains/1.29 grams, obverse tarnished and hair a trifle weak, otherwise extremely fine, very rare, a new type for the moneyer

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Found at Aiskew, Bedale, North Yorkshire, 1992

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