Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (19mm, 1.32 g, 8h). Short Cross type, class Va2. Canterbury mint; Simon, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1204-1205. ҺЄNRICVS RЄ X (S retrograde), crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + SIMON · ON · CAN, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1246 (this coin); North 969; SCBC 1350B. VF, toned. Rare.


From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part IV, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 73A, 14 March 2007), lot 1308 (includes ticket; purchased from Baldwin’s, 1996) C. R. Wren Collection.