257, Lot: 670. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. AR Medal (44mm, 33.35 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY XXIX and AD 1874 in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Interior of the Galleria Piana. Mazio 767; Lincoln -; Rinaldi 68. AU, toned and lustrous, rim nicks and surface marks.