A Diverse Offering of Short Cross Pennies

CNG 90, Lot: 2422. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (19mm, 1.35 g, 6h). Short Cross type, class Ia1. Northampton mint; Willelm, moneyer. Struck 1180. ҺENRICVS RE X, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + WILLELm · ON · NORΛ, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 155 (this coin); North 962; SCBC 1343. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part IV, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 73A, 14 March 2007), lot 1140 (includes ticket); Peter Woodhead Collection (Spink 75, 29 March 1990), lot 109 (includes ticket; purchased from B. A. Seaby, 1963).