Triton XVIII, Lot: 1704. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.21 g, 3h). Lunette Type C. Lundene (London) mint; Hygeræd, moneyer. Struck circa 863-868. BVRGRED REX, bust right / + HVGERE : across central field; D MON ETΛ in lunettes above and below. SCBI –; BMC 332; North 425; SCBC 940. VF, toned.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 15 January 2010.