257, Lot: 672. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. 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, 35.05 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY XXXI and AD 1871. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / S. Guiseppe standing facing; to left, personification of Church presenting model cathedral; to right, Virgin seated left with infant Christ. Mazio 769; Rinaldi 70. Near EF, toned and lustrous, marks and rim nicks.