Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (19mm, 1.36 g, 11h). Short Cross type, class Vb1. London mint; Reinhar, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + RЄNЄR · ON · LVND, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1414 (this coin); North 970; SCBC 1351. Good VF, minor mark at 10h on the obverse. Attractive surfaces.


From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part I, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 61, 17 March 2004), lot 278 ([part of]; includes ticket; purchased from Baldwin’s, 1996).