CNG 90, Lot: 2461. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (19mm, 1.43 g, 1h). Short Cross type, class IVc. London mint; Wilhelm, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, circa 1204. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX (S retrograde), crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + WILLЄLM · ON · LVN, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1180 (this coin); North 968/3; SCBC 1349. Good VF, toned. Great portrait. Rare.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part IV, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 73A, 14 March 2007), lot 1298 (includes ticket; purchased from Patrick Finn for £150, 1996); Dr. E. Burstal Collection (Glendining, 15 May 1968), lot 61 (part of).