257, Lot: 679. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Leo XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci). 1878-1903. AR Medal (44mm, 36.26 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY V and AD 1882
in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Four saints kneeling in clouds around
agnus Dei; radiant dove above, glimpse of the
Basilica di S. Pietro visible through clouds. Mazio 787; Rinaldi 76. UNC, toned and lustrous.