Triton XX, Lot: 1646. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Leo XIII. 1878-1903. AV Medal (43mm, 52.96 g, 12h). By Bianchi. Dated RY 11 (AD 1886, in Roman numerals). LEO · XIII · PONT · MAX · ANNO · XI, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / ORBIS · VNIVERSI · OBSEQVA · ET · GRATVLATIONES, Leo enthroned facing, holding long scepter and extending hand; around, five supplicants presenting gifts; in exergue, ANTISTITI · SACROR · MAX/ A · L · SACERDOTII · EIVS. Rinaldi 82; Mazio supp. 812 (all references for silver). EF, hairlines. Very rare.

Ex Künker 181 (27 January 2011), lot 1029.