389, Lot: 1198. Estimate $75. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Henry III. 1216-1272. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.49 g, 9h). Long Cross type, class 5a2. London mint; Richard, moneyer. Phase III, 1250-1272. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + RIC (AR)D (ON)L V(ND), voided long cross; trefoils in angles, double-barred A, ornamented N in ON. C&T L544; North 991/2; SCBC 1367A. VF, toned.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Reportedly ex Colchester Hoard, Colchester, Essex County, England (deposited circa 1270-1275, found February 1969).