257, Lot: 658. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. AR Medal (44mm, 32.70 g, 12h). By G. Girometti. Dated RY V (AD 1850/1). Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Daniel standing left; sleeping dragon at feet, ruined column to right. Mazio 681; Rinaldi 44. EF, toned and lustrous, some marks.