287, Lot: 715. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Pius V (Antonio Ghislieri). 1566-1572. Æ Medal (40mm, 30.54 g, 12h). Bust left, wearing tiara and mantum, and raising hand in benediction / Pius seated right on throne, expelling evil from a woman standing left. Mazio 109; Lincoln 627. Near EF, brown surfaces, some spotting and edge roughness.

From an old English collection.