Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2385. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. Pius IX. 1846-1878. Lot of seven Medals featuring architectural themes, mostly AR 44mm annual medals. Lot includes the following: Anno VIII (1852). Gius Cerbara, engraver. Capped bust left, wearing stole / Interior view of the Lateranense Museum. Rinaldi 47; Mazzio Supp.694 // Anno XI (1856). I. Bianchi, engraver. Similar to preceeding / The Pope proclaiming the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. Rinaldi 50; Mazzio Supp. 704 // Anno XX (1865). I. Bianchi, engraver. Obverse as last / Exterior view of St. Lawrence's Basilica; monument on column before. Rinaldi 59; Mazzio Supp. 740. Two (2) medals // Anno XXII (1867). I. Bianchi, engraver. Obverse as last / Panorama of the new Plaza del Quiriniale. Rinaldi 61; Mazzio Supp. 746 // Anno XXVIII (1872). Æ 44mm Medal. I. Bianchi, engraver. Obverse as last / Interior view of St. Lawrence's Basilica, a wall visible outside. Rinaldi 67 var. (Æ) // Anno XXIX (1874). Bianchi, engraver. Obverse as last / Interior view of St. Maria's Basilica in Trastevere. Rinaldi 68. EF-prooflike Uncirculated, some with small nicks and scratches. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURN. Seven (7) medals in lot. ($300)