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Silver penny of Offa, East Anglian

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An image of Coinage. Penny. Offa (757-96), ruler. Lul, Moneyer. Production place: East Anglia. Obverse: +OFF` REX. Reverse: lul. Silver, struck, weight 1.1 g, diameter 18.7 mm, circa 780 to circa 793. Medieval. Anglo-Viking.

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Coinage. Penny. Offa (757-96), ruler. Lul, Moneyer. Production place: East Anglia. Obverse: +OFF` REX. Reverse: lul. Silver, struck, weight 1.1 g, diameter 18.7 mm, circa 780 to circa 793. Medieval. Anglo-Viking.

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  • Accession Number: CM.2112-2003
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 524.72kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1

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8th Century AD Anglo-Viking coin coinage currency Early Medieval East Anglia East Anglian English Fitz_CM heads kings legal tender Lul (moneyer) Medieval Mercian monarchs monarchy money obverse Offa of Mercia penny rulers Silver struck

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