262, Lot: 437. Estimate $100. Sold for $102. 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, 34.03 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY II and AD 1879
in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Personification of the Church enthroned in clouds, wearing Papal tiara and holding long cross and gospel. Mazio 775; Rinaldi 73. AU, toned and lustrous.