Special Collections

Sold between 6 September & 21 March 1995

2 parts

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The Collection of British Hammered Coins formed by William H. Pheatt of Arizona, USA

William H Pheatt

Lot

№ 470

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21 March 1995

Hammer Price:
£150

Burgred (852-874), Kings of Mercia, Burgred (852-874), Penny, Middle Period, type A, Berheah, bust with horizontal band, unusual ‘squashed’ first E in King’s name, BERHEA MONETA, lunettes unbroken, 1.30 gms (N. 423; S. 938). Rather crude reverse style, fine

Bt. Dec. 1972.
For another specimen by this moneyer with the ‘squashed’ first
E in Burgred’s name, see Pagan, BNJ 1965, pl.i, 13