Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (18mm, 1.33 g, 3h). Short Cross type, class Va2. Canterbury mint; Hue, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1204-1205. ҺЄNRICVS · R ЄX (S retrograde), crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + ҺVЄ · ON · CANTЄ, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1212 (this coin); North 968/3; SCBC 1349. Good VF, toned. Great portrait. Rare.


From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part III, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 69, 15 March 2006), lot 1019 (includes ticket); Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (25 March 1992), lot 1223.