CNG 94, Lot: 1917. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (20mm, 1.26 g, 3h). Lunette Type A (BMC a). London mint; Beorhthelm, moneyer. Struck circa 868-874. BVRGRED RE m, diademed bust right / BERHT(HE) across central field; MON ETΛ in lunettes above and below. SCBI –; BMC –; North 423; SCBC 938. EF, toned.

From the James Fox Collection. Ex Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part 1, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 392 (part of).

Extremely rare moneyer for type, Pagan (BNJ 1964) records only this example from the Lockett Collection.