CNG 88, Lot: 2009. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Leo XII (Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga). 1823-1829. AR Medal (43mm, 49.18 g, 12h). By G. Cerbara. Dated RY V (1828). LEO XII PONT. MAX. ANNO V., bust right, wearing miter and mantum / Façade of the chapel erected at Monte Gingo; onlookers around; in two lines in exergue: DEIPARÆ DICATVM IN ANTRO/GINGVNI MONTIS (dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the cave at Monte Gingo). Mazio 593; cf. Lincoln 2130 (bronze); Rinaldi 23. Superb EF, lightly toned and lustrous.