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title: Coins of King Aethelred of Wessex and King Burgred of Mercia
author: Cambridgeshire County Council
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21666/coins-of-king-aethelred-of-wessex-and-king-burgred/
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updated: 2026-03-19
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# Coins of King Aethelred of Wessex and King Burgred of Mercia

_Authored by Cambridgeshire County Council_

## Image File

[![Coins of King Aethelred of Wessex and King Burgred of Mercia](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21666.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21666.jpg)

## Image Caption

Three Early-Medieval [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) coins of Anglo [Saxon](https://www.worldhistory.org/Saxons/) Kings, the Cambridgeshire County Council, c. 852-874.

Three coins of the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon rulers, King [Aethelred](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Aethelred/) of Wessex (r. 865-871) and King Burgred of Mercia (r. 852-874). The [coin](https://www.worldhistory.org/coinage/) on the right is of Aethelred and the other two coins are of Burgred. The two men were brothers-in-[law](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/law/) and allies who fought against the [Viking](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vikings/) invasion of [Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Britain/).

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

## Cite This Work

### APA
Council, C. C. (2026, March 19). Coins of King Aethelred of Wessex and King Burgred of Mercia. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21666/coins-of-king-aethelred-of-wessex-and-king-burgred/>
### Chicago
Council, Cambridgeshire County. "Coins of King Aethelred of Wessex and King Burgred of Mercia." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 19, 2026. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21666/coins-of-king-aethelred-of-wessex-and-king-burgred/>.
### MLA
Council, Cambridgeshire County. "Coins of King Aethelred of Wessex and King Burgred of Mercia." *World History Encyclopedia*, 19 Mar 2026, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21666/coins-of-king-aethelred-of-wessex-and-king-burgred/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/739318) by **Cambridgeshire County Council**. Submitted by [Michael McComb](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/michaelmccomb/ "User Page: Michael McComb"), published on 19 March 2026. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.