A rare bronze Irish Free State penny from 1927 made for £17,360 at in a sale of Irish coins, tokens and historical medals at Dix Noonan Webb in London. Designed for a competition by Roman sculptor Publio Morbiducci (1889-1963) it is decorated with a harp, hens and chickens. Never put into circulation it had been estimated at £4,000-£5,000. It was purchased by an Irish collector.