CNG 90, Lot: 2423. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (18mm, 1.34 g, 12h). Short Cross type, class Ia1/Ia2 mule. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Struck 1180. ҺENRICVS · RE X, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + ҺENRI · ON · LVND, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 45 (this coin); North 962; SCBC 1343. Near EF, darkly toned, a few light die flaws and marks under the tone. Great portrait. Rare.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part IV, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 73A, 14 March 2007), lot 1143 (includes ticket); K. A. Jacob Collection (Baldwin’s 6, 11 October 1995), lot 1025 ([part of]; includes ticket; purchased from Baldwin’s, 1952); L. A. Lawrence Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 28 November 1951), lot 1002 (part of).