269, Lot: 575. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Leo XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci). 1878-1903. AR Medal (44mm, 36.04 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY XV and 15 May 1891 in Roman numerals. LEO · XIII · PONT · MAX · AN · XV ·, Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / IVS · DOMINII · IVS · OPERARIAE · PLEBIS · ASSERTVM, personification of Religion standing facing, holding scroll and long cross; vanquished demon with spilled cornucopia at feet; five figures in adoration around; XV · MAII · MDCCCXCI in exergue. Mazio 825; Rinaldi 86. UNC, toned and lustrous.