279, Lot: 962. Estimate $100. Sold for $171. 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, 34.58 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY XXI and AD 1898 in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Leo kneeling right before figure of Christ in mandorla, standing on clouds above altar, surrounded by cherubs. Mazio 841; Rinaldi 92. AU, lightly toned and lustrous.