257, Lot: 671. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. AR Medal (44mm, 42.53 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dated RY XXX (1875/6). Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Façade of the
Albergo dei Poveri in Rome. Mazio 768; Rinaldi 69. Near EF, toned and lustrous, marks and rim nicks.