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Ruler:
Offa (757-96)
Mint:
Canterbury
îthelheard
(Archbishop of Canterbury)
History note: Blunt 1961, pl. VII, 136. Blunt; Ryan 590. Found Grantham, Lincolnshire, 1929 (EMC 1983.0003)
Method of acquisition: Given (1905-06-12) by Blunt, Christopher
792 CE - 796 CE
Object composed of silver Diameter 19.7 mm Die Axis 180� degrees Weight 1.3 g
Accession number: CM.1.133-1990
Primary reference Number: 199563
Chick: 247a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Penny" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/199563 Accessed: 2025-05-09 11:54:19
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|title=Penny
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-05-09 11:54:19|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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