380, Lot: 665. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius IX. 1846-1878. AR Medal (45mm, 32.62 g, 12h). On the Rebuilding of the Exterior of the Porta Pia. By I. Bianchi. Dated 1864 (in Roman numerals) and AN XIX. Bust left, wearing zucchetto / Neoclassical façade of the Porta Pia. Lincoln 2294. Superb EF, beautiful iridescent toning, a few light scattered marks and fingerprints.