257, Lot: 668. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. AR Medal (44mm, 33.41 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dated RY XXVI (AD 1871/2). Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Leo and S. Pietro kneeling before Christ; throne behind. Mazio 759; Rinaldi 65. EF, toned and lustrous, marks and rim nicks.