Triton XX, Lot: 1641. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Pius IX. 1846-1878. AV Medal (43mm, 51.84 g, 12h). By Voigt. Dually dated 1862 and RY 17 (in Roman numerals). PIVS · IX · PONT · MAX · AN · XVII ·, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / PETRI INOPIAM CHRISTIANI STIPE SVSTENANT, St. Peter seated left, holding keys and raising hand in benedction, receiving gifts from two early Christians standing and kneeling right; in exergue, ANTIQVA/ PIETAS RENOVATVE/ MDCCCLXII . Rinaldi 56; Mazio supp. 731; Lincoln 2292 (all references for silver). Superb EF, hairlines. Rare.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 37 (17 February 2007), lot 1042.