Lot 1389

Description

Kings of Mercia, Burgred (c.852-874), penny, type A, phase IIIa, issued 858/60-866, (1.07 g), Ethelwulf moneyer, London? Mint, obv. H3 realistic and detailed bust right breaking through inner circle (9.5 mm), large crescent with inner pellet at top of double diadem, large annulet eye, tuft of hair above forehead, pellets at base of neck, narrow tunic (hatched but no pellets), (H1) legend +BVRGRED REX around beginning at 8 o'clock, rev. Type D, legend MON EDELVL ETA in three lines separated by lunettes consisting of solid lines with a crook at each end, no pellets in legends, (S.904B, N.426, Mackay H3.18 (O1 / R1), Mack SCBI 20 # 634 - this coin). Toned, obverse well struck, minor deterioration on reverse, very fine.

Ex S.J.Green Collection.
Previously Downies Australian Coin Auction 320 Lot # 2613 (12 November 2015). Also Spink Numismatic Circular (SNC) March 1988 (# 1139), SNC July 1987 (# 4362), ex R.P. Mack Collection, purchased Spink 27 July 1961, ex R.C. Lockett Collection Part I, Glendinings 1955, Lot # 401d. With collector's tickets.