281, Lot: 606. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius XI (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti). 1922-1939. AR Medal (44mm, 33.37 g, 12h). By A. Mistruzzi. Dated RY V and AD 1926. Bust right, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Personification of Archaeology seated facing, holding lamp and tablet; behind, the entrance to the Catacombe di Roma. Mazio 885; Rinaldi 120. UNC, toned and lustrous.