Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (19mm, 1.44 g, 6h). Short Cross type, class Vb2. London mint; Richard B, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205-1207. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + RICARD · B · ON · L(VN), voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1424 (same rev. die); North 970; SCBC 1351. VF, toned.


From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex St. James’s 4 (8 May 2006), lot 125 (part of).