CNG 90, Lot: 2475. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (19mm, 1.47 g, 2h). Short Cross type, class Vb2. Canterbury mint; Arnaud, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205-1207. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + ARNAVD · ON · CA, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1349 (this coin); North 970; SCBC 1351. Good VF, toned. Excellent portrait.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part III, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 69, 15 March 2006), lot 1058 (includes ticket; purchased from Baldwin’s, 1990).