Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2379. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. Pius IX. 1846-1878. Æ Medal (304.04 g). Restoration of the Lateran altar issue. Giovanni Bianchi, engraver. Dated 1851. Interior view of St. John Lateran with restored high altar beneath Gothic baldacchino / Blank. Cf. Forrer I, p. 84. EF, a few field marks and small die breaks, much gilding remains.