444, Lot: 565. Estimate $100. Sold for $101. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius X. 1903-1914. AR Medal (43.5mm, 36.51 g, 12h). Ordination of the Roman Curia. By F. Bianchi. Dated RY 6 (AD 1909). PIVS · X · PONT · MAX · AN · VI ·, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Pius enthroned facing, receiving prelates, one kneeling left; in exergue, ROMANE · CVRIAE/ ORDINATIO/ DECERNITVR. Rinaldi 103. EF, attractive iridescent toning.