CNG 88, Lot: 1911. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. 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 5 Lire (37mm, 25.54 g, 6h). Bruxelles (Brussels) mint. Dually-dated RY 1 and 1878. Bust facing slightly right, wearing mozzetta and pallium / Garnished coat-of-arms within wreath; above, rayed dove flying downward. Muntoni -; Serafini note 55/2; Berman -; Pagani -; Gigante -; Davenport -; KM (X) 1. EF, toned, a few light marks under the tone.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 30 (4 June 2005), lot 654.