389, Lot: 1368. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Leo XIII. 1878-1903. AR Medal (43mm, 34.20 g, 12h). By Bianchi. Dually dated 1900 and RY 23 (
in Roman numerals). LEO · XIII · PONT · MAX · AN · XXIII ·, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Leo standing right among croud of prelates, preparing to break the Holy Door. Rinaldi 94; Mazio supp. 846. Superb EF, deep iridescent toning.
Ex Fitzgerald Collection (Heritage 241522, 31 May 2015), lot 65411; Coin Galleries (12 February 1992), lot 2370.