CNG 90, Lot: 2468. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (19mm, 1.37 g, 6h). Short Cross type, class Va2. Norwich mint; Iohan, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1204-1205. ҺЄNRIЄVS RЄ X (S retrograde), crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + IOҺAN · ON · NOҺW, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1319 (this coin); North 969; SCBC 1350B. Near EF, toned. Stunning portrait. Rare.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part I, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 61, 17 March 2004), lot 270 (includes ticket; purchased from Spink, 1993); Gordon V. Doubleday Collection (Glendining, 8 June 1988), lot 1013; L. A. Lawrence Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 28 November 1951), lot 1012 (part of).