Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (21mm, 1.40 g, 10h). Short Cross type, class Ib1. Winchester mint; Osbern, moneyer. Struck 1180-circa 1182. ҺЄNRICVS · R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + OSBЄR · ON · WINCЄ, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 505 (same dies); North 963; SCBC 1344. Good VF, toned.


From the Marshall Faintich Collection (includes ticket). Ex St. James’s 5 (27 September 2006), lot 132.