King Offa was a powerful ruler of Mercia, dominating much of Anglo-Saxon England from 757 to 796. He is best known for constructing Offa's Dyke, a massive earthwork marking the border with Wales, and for his influential coinage reforms.
King Offa was a powerful ruler of Mercia, dominating much of Anglo-Saxon England from 757 to 796. He is best known for constructing Offa's Dyke, a massive earthwork marking the border with Wales, and for his influential coinage reforms.