CNG 91, Lot: 1671. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Regno d'Italia. Umberto I. 1878-1900. Æ Medal (75mm, 151.97 g, 12h). Commemorating the 800th Anniversary of the Founding of the University of Bologna. By L. Giorgi. Dated 1888 in Roman numerals. (star) HVMBERTVS · I · REX · ITALIAE · VNIVERSITATIS · LITTERARVM · ET · ARTIVM V BONONIENSIS · PATRONVS, uniformed bust left / Legend and date in eight lines. WAG 60, lot 2007; WAG 58, lot 2175. Choice EF, rich brown surfaces with underlying luster.

Duplicates from the Kisch Medal Collection sold on behalf of the American Numismatic Society.