314, Lot: 506. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Henry III. 1216-1272. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 3h). Long cross type, class 3a¹. Northampton mint; Tomas, moneyer. Struck 1248-1250. C&T Nor 18; North 986; SCBC 1362. VF, lightly toned.

From the Roland Amas Collection.

The moneyer, Thomas Kynne, served as mayor sometime between 1249 and 1272 and was a merchant by trade, as we know he sold pelts to the king for £12 14s 4d in 1250. See Mints & Moneyers During the Reign of Henry III by Ron Churchill (Baldwin’s, 2012), p. 203.