257, Lot: 673. 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, 34.58 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY XXXII and AD 1877 in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Christ, as shepherd, standing facing, holding lamb; four sheep around. Mazio 771; Rinaldi 71. EF, toned and lustrous, marks and rim nicks.