257, Lot: 728. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Sanctus Pius X (Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto). 1903-1914. AR Medal (44mm, 34.81 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY IX and AD 1912
in Roman numerals. Bust right, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Moses seated right, holding the Ten Commandments; to right, S. Pietro standing left holding keys; façade of the new
Istituto Biblico in background. Mazio 871; Rinaldi 106. UNC, toned and lustrous.