BRITISH COINS, Burgred, King of Mercia (852-874), Silver Portrait Penny, lunette type, moneyer Diga, bust to edge of coin facing right, two linear circles around head, legend commences lower left, BVRGRED REX -, beaded outer circle both sides, rev complete lunettes top and bottom, legend commences across centre, continues in top lunette and ends in lower lunette, first S retrograde, +DIGA:: / MON / ETA, 1.23g (BMC type A; N 423; S 938). Good very fine, toned.
ex Spink Numismatic Circular, vol CVII, no.5, June 1999, item 2347
Estimate: £700-900