257, Lot: 737. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius XI (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti). 1922-1939. AR Medal (44mm, 33.93 g, 12h). By Mistruzzi. Dually-dated RY V and AD 1926 in Roman numerals. Bust right, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Personification of Archaeology seated facing, holding lamp and tablet; behind, the entrance to the Catacombe di Roma. Mazio 885; Rinaldi 120. UNC, toned and lustrous.