Many of you know I have been building a collection of the family of Eleanor of Aquitaine. I have the following coins.
Eleanor
Henry II
Guillaume X
Louis VII
Richard I
Geoffrey Duke of Brittany
Henry III
Louis IX
Edward I
I have now added a penny of John. I thought I found one last month but it ended up being Henry III instead. I am very excited about this coin because I finally found one, and because of its provenance. It is a reference coin in J.P. Mass' Sylloge of the Coins of the British Isles (SCBI) 56, and was part of his personal collection. I would like a copy of SCBI to go with the coin. Unfortunately they are very sought after and command quite high prices. If anyone sees one available for under 150.00, please let me know.
I really like the look of this coin.
John (1199-1216), Penny, class VIa2, London,
Walter, walter · on · lvn, 1.40g/4h
(SCBI Mass 1755, this coin; N 974/2; S 1353).
Good fine, dark-toned
From the J.D. Brand Collection [from Baldwin October 1960];
From the J.P. Mass Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 61, 17 March 2004, lot 355 (part);
From the J. Sazama Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 93, 26 September 2011, lot 1140 (part)
From the collection of the late ray Inder
Ex: DNW Auction Coins tokens and Historical Medals September 18-20 2018, lot 192.
Posted 09/21/2018 08:24 am
