Triton XX, Lot: 1648. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Leo XIII. 1878-1903. AV Medal (43mm, 56.52 g, 12h). By Bianchi. Dually dated 1890 and RY 13 (in Roman numerals). LEO · XIII · PONT · MAX · ANNO · XIII, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / TE · VINDICE · DEVS · VINCVLA · CORRVANT · AD · LIBERTATEM/ APOSTOLICAE · POTESTATIS, St. Peter seated facing in chains on rock, with arms spread, holding key; in exergue, A · MDCCCXV ·. Rinaldi 84; Mazio supp. 818 (all references for silver). EF, hairlines.

Ex Künker 181 (27 January 2011), lot 1031.