CNG 90, Lot: 2428. Estimate $500. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (17mm, 1.15 g, 5h). Short Cross type, class Ia5. Northampton mint; Philip, moneyer. Struck 1180. ҺЄNRICVS · R ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + FILIP · ON · NORҺT, voided cross, with four pellets in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 124-5 (same dies); North 962/1; SCBC 1343A. VF, toned. Rare.

From the Marshall Faintich Collection (includes ticket; purchased from James & Sons, 15 October 2006).