Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (18mm, 1.70 g, 3h). Short Cross type, class Vc. Ipswich mint; Iohan, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1207-circa 1210. ҺЄNRICVS R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + IOҺAN · ON · GIPЄ, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1714 (this coin); North 971; SCBC 1352. Good VF, toned. Struck on an unusually heavy flan.


From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. Jeffrey P. Mass Collection (Part III, Dix, Noonan, Webb, 69, 15 March 2006), lot 1093 (includes ticket; purchased from Baldwin’s, 1996).