257, Lot: 705. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. 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, 35.31 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY XXII and AD 1897
in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Radiant personification of Religion, holding long cross and crowning two kneeling saints. Mazio 844; Rinaldi 93. UNC, toned and lustrous.