257, Lot: 669. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. 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, 34.35 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dated RY XXVII (AD 1872/3). Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Interior view of the Basilica di S. Lorenzo. Mazio 763; Rinaldi 67. Near EF, toned and lustrous, marks and rim nicks.