Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2390. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. Leo XIII. 1878-1903. Lot of eight medals featuring architectural themes or coats of arms, mostly AR 44mm annual medals. Lot includes the following: Anno I (1878). F. Bianchi, engraver. Capped bust left, wearing stole / Garnished Papal arms surmounted by key and mitre. Rinaldi 72 // As preceeding, but Æ 44mm. Rinaldi 72 var. (Æ) // ND, circa 1878. Æ 44mm Medal. Unsigned. Obverse as last / SEMPER POLONIA FIDELIS, crowned Polish and Lithuanian arms. Rinaldi -; Europese Penningen - // Anno VIII (1884). F. Bianchi, engraver. Bust as last / New portico to the Basilica Laterana. Rinaldi 78 // Anno XII (1889). F. Bianchi, engraver. Bust as last / Interior view of the cloisters at the Lateranense. Rinaldi 83 // Anno XVII (1895). Bianchi, engraver. Bust as last / Professors congregating before the St. Anselmo sull' Aventino College. Rinaldi 89 // Anno XX. Bianchi, sculptor. Bust as last / External view of the Seminary of Leoniano di Anagni. Rinaldi 91 // Anno XXIV (1900-1901). Bianchi, engraver / Lychetti, sculptor. Bust as last / View of the Sepulchre of Innocent III, in the Basilica Laterana. Rinaldi 95. EF-prooflike Uncirculated, most toned, a couple light scratches. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURN. Eight (8) medals in lot. ($300)