389, Lot: 1367. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Leo XIII. 1878-1903. AR Medal (43mm, 34.64 g, 12h). By Bianchi. Dually dated 1879 and RY 2 (in Roman numerals). LEO · XIII · PONT · MAX · ANNO · II ·, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / GENS · ET · REGNVM · QVOD · NON · SERVIERIT · MIHI · PERIBIT, personification of the church seated facing in clouds, holding cross and gospel; in exergue, MDCCCLXXIX. Rinaldi 73; Mazio supp. 775. Good VF, toned, light marks.

Ex Fitzgerald Collection (Heritage 241522, 31 May 2015), lot 65402; Wayte Raymond Collection (Part III, NASCA, 14 August 1978), lot 2956.