272, Lot: 478. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius X. 1903-1914. AR Medal (44mm, 35.31 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY VIII and AD 1911
in Roman numerals. Bust right, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Personification of Astronomy seated; books and astronomic implements around; observatory in distance. Mazio 870; Rinaldi 105. UNC, toned and lustrous.