Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2126. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (1.25 g, 3h). Lunette Type A. London mint; Osmund, moneyer. Struck circa 868-874. BVRGRED REX m, diademed bust right / MON ETΛ in unbroken lunettes above and below OZΠhND. SCBI 20 (Mack), 621 var. (trefoil in rev. legend); BMC 369; North 423; SCBC 938. Near EF, toned.

From the Ross Schraeder Collection.