Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (20mm, 1.27 g, 8h). Short Cross type, class Ib1. Exeter mint; Iordan, moneyer. Struck 1180-circa 1182. ҺЄNRICVS · R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + IORDΛN · ON · ЄXЄ, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 334 (this coin); North 963; SCBC 1344. Good VF, toned, reverse double struck. Rare.


From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part I, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 61, 17 March 2004), lot 56 (includes ticket; purchased from Spink); E. J. Harris Collection.