CNG 90, Lot: 2476. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 4h). Short Cross type, class Vb2. Ipswich mint; Iohan, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205-1207. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + IOҺAN · ON · GIPЄ, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1511 (this coin); North 970; SCBC 1351. Near EF, toned, some areas of striking weakness.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part IV, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 73A, 14 March 2007), lot 1345 (includes ticket; purchased from Baldwin’s, 1995).