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Ireland, BRITISH COINS, Ireland, Henry VII, Late issue, Penny, no mm. (?), facing bust with arched crown, pellets at sides, rev. extra small pellet in each angle, large saltire at end of legend, 0.53g/9h (S 6470, this coin; DF –). On a small flan, very fine and excessively rare £2,000-2,600

Provenance: Patrick Finn FPL 12, February 1998 (387); G Brady Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 29 April 2000, lot 135; L. LaRivière Collection, Spink Auction 179, 22 February 2006, lot 76; Mark Rasmussen FPL 15, May 2008 (239)