Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (20mm, 1.36 g, 9h). Short Cross type, class Va2. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1204-1205. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX (S retrograde), crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + ҺЄNRI · ON · LV(ND), voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1262 (this coin); North 969; SCBC 1350B. Good VF, toned, a few minor edge cracks. Well centered and struck on a broad flan.


From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part III, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 69, 15 March 2006), lot 1023 (includes ticket; purchased from C. Schinke, 1993).