Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2397. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. Pius XI. 1922-1939. Lot of seven AR 44mm Annual Medals by Mistruzzi, featuring mostly group compositions and allegorical themes. Lot includes the following: Anno I (1922). Capped bust left, wearing stole / Christ left, preaching to the masses. Rinaldi 116 // As last. Æ 44mm Medal. Rinaldi 116 var. (Æ) // Anno II (1923). Bust as last / St. Thomas Aquinus in glory, Dante, Beatrice, St. Pius V, Leo XIII and Pius XI below. Rinaldi 117 // Pius XI. Anno IV (1925). Capped bust right, wearing a stole / Six new saints praying in the clouds; dove of the Holy Spirit above. Rinaldi 119 // Anno V (1926). Christ's Institute of Archaeology. Similar bust left / Archaeology seated facing, before the catacombs. Rinaldi 120. (2 medals) // Anno VIII. Capped head left, with collar / Chalace with sunburst before the SS. John's and Peter's Basilicas. Rinaldi 123. Good VF-prooflike Uncirculated, some heavily toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURN. Seven (7) medals in lot. ($300)