CNG 90, Lot: 2460. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (19mm, 1.44 g, 6h). Short Cross type, class IVb. Canterbury mint; Ulard, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, circa 1200-1204. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + VL’ΛRD · ON · CΛN, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1093 (same dies [cut halfpenny]); North 968/2; SCBC 1348C (as Richard I). VF, toned.

From the Marshall Faintich Collection (includes ticket; purchased from Baldwin’s, 29 June 2001).