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Penny - Offa Light coinage, portrait type
| Issuer | Mercia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 780-792 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Offa's light coinage marks a deliberate reduction from earlier penny weights, part of a broader Carolingian-influenced monetary reform that brought Mercian standards closer into alignment with Frankish practice — Offa and Charlemagne maintained an active, if sometimes fractious, trading relationship that included negotiated coin weights. The portrait type within this series shows considerable die variation, as individual moneyers operated with significant independence, and no two dies were mechanically reproduced.
North 305 encompasses several distinct moneyer attributions, some known from only a handful of surviving specimens.