Kingdom of Mercia

Wikipedia entry for the Kingdom of Mercia

Offa

King of Mercia c.757-c.796

Wikipedia entry for Offa

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765-792
Penny
TIR[VVAL]D
Light coinage
0.63gm/16.80mm
S 0904
N 275/1
Found near Blandford Forum, Dorset, between March 2008 and March 2009

Match to EMC 2004.0070; Possibly the third known from these dies, see note with above EMC entry.

Coenwulf

King of Mercia c.796-c.821

Wikipedia entry for Coenwulf

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c.810-c.821
Penny
OBA + MON + ETA
Cross Moline
BMC 69
1.25gm/18.10mm
S 0915
N 0352

Canterbury; SCBI 1-Fitzwilliam: 399, 400, SCBI 2-Glasgow: 340, SCBI 21-Yorkshire: 955; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.1, page 36, coin 76 for a probable die match.

Beornwulf

King of Mercia c.823-825

Wikipedia entry for Beornwulf

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c.823-825
Penny
[EACG]A MONETO
BMC 114; Be 2-4; Type II
0.80gm/14.20mm
S 0929
N 0397

Possibly less than 50 coins of this reign are known to exist and of those less than ten of this moneyer. Probable die dupicates of EMC 2001.1240 and EMC 1992.0260.

Burgred

King of Mercia 852-874

Wikipedia entry for Burgred.

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	852-874 Penny MONETA [H]EAELF Lunette a BMC 140-402 0.68gm/13.10mm S 0938 N 0423	.
	863-868 Penny MONETA VVINE Lunette c BMC 140-402 1.25gm/19.80mm S 0940 N 0425 Ex R.P. Mack Collection; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection; 1882 London Waterloo Bridge Find	SCBI 20-Mack:628(this coin); See N. Heywood, ‘The Kingdom and Coins of Burgred,’ in BNJ III (1906), p. facing 59, coin 12. This might be the same coin or at least a die duplicate. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.1, page 64, coin 390 for a probable die match.
	852-874 Penny MONETA DVDDA Lunette d 0.80gm/19.20mm S 0941 N 0426 EX: Lloyd Bennett	; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.1, page 54, coin 244 for a probable die match.

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