CNG 90, Lot: 2372. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 12h). Lunette Type A. London mint; Deorwulf, moneyer. Struck circa 868-874. BVRGRED REX–, diademed bust right / DIΛRVLF between two lines; MON above, ETΛ below, each flanked by triangle of pellets. SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 26; BMC 393; North 423; SCBC 938. VF, lightly toned, very slight overall roughness.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 1591.