PLANTAGENET. John. 1199-1216. AR Penny (18mm, 1.42 g, 5h). Short cross coinage, class Vb1. Norwich mint; Renaud, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + RЄNAVD • ON • NOR, voided short cross; quatrefoils in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1567; North 970bi; SCBC 1351. Toned, minor porosity. VF.
From the Todd Hansen Collection, purchased from Baldwin's. Ex John D. Brand Collection, purchased from Baldwin's, 1964; William C. Wells Collection.