CNG 87, Lot: 2173. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Roma. 1890. Gilt AR Medal (52mm, 68.70 g, 12h). Commemorating a National Riflery Contest at Rome. By L. Pogliaghi and A. Cappucio. Head of Roma right, wearing winged and crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a personification of the river Tiber and the she-wolf suckling the twins Remus and Romulus; in exergue, ROMA MDCCCLXXXX / TIRO A SEGNO NAZIONALE (national shooting), eagle standing facing on crossed rifles, head left, with wings spread and shield on breast; behind, rainbow below star; all within wreath. A. Comandini, “Medaglie Italiane del 1890,” RIN V (1892), p. 228, 15. EF, toned.