CNG 90, Lot: 2490. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (18mm, 1.45 g, 3h). Short Cross type, class Vc. London mint; Adam, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1207-circa 1210. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + ADAM · ON · LV(ND)Є, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1687 (this coin); North 971; SCBC 1352. VF, toned, some minor striking weakness. An unusual portrait.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part I, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 61, 17 March 2004), lot 340 ([part of]; includes ticket); M. R. Allen Collection.