CNG 90, Lot: 2457. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. temp. Richard I–John. 1189-1215. AR Penny (19mm, 1.08 g, 7h). Short Cross type, Group I, class iic. Rhuddlan mint; Tomas, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, circa 1190-1205. ҺЄИRIЄVS · R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + TOMΛS · OИ RVLΛИ, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. Brand 2330 (same dies); SCBI 56 (Mass), 2176 (this coin); North 972/2; SCBC note under ‘Irregular Local Issue’. VF, unevenly toned, a few marks. Very rare mint.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part IV, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 73A, 14 March 2007), lot 1399 ([part of]; includes ticket; purchased from T. Owen, 1995).