The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen Part I

Kings of Mercia, Burgred, Penny, Phase IIb, rev. type D, Hygeræd, +bvrgred rei around bust right breaking inner circle, rev. hvgered moneta :· in three lines divided by crook-shaped ornaments, 1.35g/3h (MacKay H7.11, this coin; SCBI Mack 635, this coin; BMC 335, same dies; N 426; S 941B). Good very fine, toned £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 404 (part); R.P. Mack Collection [from Baldwin 1961]; SNC September 1983 (5607); Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 10 February 1993 (917); Stack’s/Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 31 March 2008 (2894)