CNG 100, Lot: 825. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato della Città del Vaticano). Pius XII. 1939-1958. AV 100 Lire (21mm, 5.19 g, 6h). Rome mint. Dated year 17 and 1955. Bust right / Charity tending to two children. Muntoni 4; Berman 650; KM 53.1; Friedberg 290. AU. Low mintage of 1,000.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 1984.