257, Lot: 648. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Pius VII (Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti). 1800-1823. AR Medal (42mm, 33.58 g, 12h). By T. Mercandetti. Dually-dated RY XXII and AD 1818 in Roman numerals. Bust right, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Pius seated right with bishops in the tomb of S. Francesco d’Assisi. Mazio 567; Rinaldi 16. Near EF, lightly toned and lustrous, marks and rim nicks.