Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1393. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry IV. 1399-1413. AR Penny (1.01 g, 9h). Heavy coinage. York mint. Struck 1399-1412. + hЄnRIC´ (saltire?) RЄX [... ΛnGL ...] Z (saltire) FRAnCIЄ, crowned facing bust; bust with broad face and round chin / CIVI TΛS ЄBO RACI, long cross pattée with central open-work quatrefoil; trefoils in quarters. Harris, Dies p. 216 and pl. 19, Y1; Potter -; North 1351; SCBC 1722. Fine, toned, flan slightly bent, a few field marks. Struck with a reworked obverse die of Richard II. Rare.