ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (19mm, 1.20 g, 9h). Lunette Type C. London mint; Guthhere, moneyer. Struck circa 868/70-874. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 985.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

The Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, Silver

Estimate: $ 1 000

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (19mm, 1.20 g, 9h). Lunette Type C. London mint; Guthhere, moneyer. Struck circa 868/70-874. BVRGRED RE+, diademed bust right / GVÐHERE across central field; M◊N ETΛ :· in broken lunettes above and below. MacKay H11.84-7 (dies O16/R–; unlisted rev. die); SCBI 67 (BM), 378 (same obv. die); North 425; SCBC 942B. Toned. Good VF. Very rare reverse type.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Owl Ltd. FPL III.2 (Winter 1977), no. 91; Baldwin’s inventory, circa 1954.

Burgred was the last independent king of Mercia and brother-in-law of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex. He warred against the Welsh, but he fled his kingdom and retired to Rome when he failed to check the Viking Great Army (865-879), which had overthrown the kingdoms of East Anglia and Northumbria. In 874, the Danes appointed Ceolwulf II (874-879) as their vassal king in southern Mercia.

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