CNG 90, Lot: 2471. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (18mm, 1.41 g, 1h). Short Cross type, class Va2/Vb1 mule. Durham mint; Pieres, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205. ҺЄNRICVS RЄ X (S retrograde), crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + PIЄRЄS · ON · DVRЄ, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1298 (this coin); cf. North 969/970 (obv./rev.); SCBC 1350C. Good VF, toned, minor die crack on the obverse. Very rare muling.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part III, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 69, 15 March 2006), lot 1038 (includes ticket; purchased from Baldwin’s, 1998).