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3/4 penny of Ludica and half penny of Offa, very rare both of them
3/4 penny of Ludica and half penny of Offa, very rare both of them
3/4 penny of Ludica and half penny of Offa, very rare both of them

3/4 penny of Ludica and half penny of Offa, very rare both of them

$ 174.76

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    Description

    2 coins
    one half penny of Offa and the other, 3/4 penny penny of Ludica
    Found at Bradenham, near Dereham, Norfolk, June 1994 , part of and hoard sold principally by spink
    Offa:
    ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Eadberht. Bishop of London, circa 776-787/9. AR Penny ( 0.89 g, 6h). heavy coinage, non-portrait, with Offa as overlord. London mint. Struck circa 776-782. .ЄAD. :BERH: ·T (EP)· in three lines, divided by beaded bars / O F (Rx) (Mercian m) in angles of cross-crosslet with central annulet containing rosette. Naismith, Offa 30 ; Chick 80; SCBI –; BMC 41; North 278; SCBC 912
    Ludica:
    English Hammered Silver
    (x) Mercia, Ludica (825-827), Penny, 1.01g, 6h, East Anglian mint, Werbald, + lvdica rex me, legend begins at 9 o'clock, diademed bust right, the beaded inner circle following the shape of the plain square truncation, rev. per bald mone in three lines (Naismith E28.b; N.398; S.931),  of the highest rarity.
    Provenance: London coins