Mack Plate Coin and Ex Lockett Collection

5777972.

SOLD $2950

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (20mm, 1.14 g, 3h). Lunette Type C (BMC c). London mint; Eanred, moneyer. Phase IIa, circa 858/60-866. + BVRGRED REX, diademed bust right; lips omitted / EANRED across central field; MON ETΛ in lunettes above and below. MacKay H1.28 (O1/R1); SCBI 20 (Mack), 626 (this coin); North 425; SCBC 940A (reportedly the plate coin for the 1985 ed.). Toned. Good VF. Rare.

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCIII.9 (November 1985), no. 7929; R. C. Lockett Collection (Part I, 6 June 1955), lot 400 (part of).

Burgred, King of Mercia (852-874), son-in-law of King Aethelwulf of Wessex, faced internal rebellions, raids by the Welsh, and the invasion of the Viking Great Army in 867. He was rescued by his brother-in-law Aethelred I of Wessex. In 874, Burgred, driven into exile by the Vikings, abdicated and retired to Rome. His successor Ceolwulf agreed to partition the kingdom with the Viking invaders.