257, Lot: 688. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Leo XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci). 1878-1903. AR Medal (44mm, 36.99 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dated RY XI (AD 1888/9). Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Pius enthroned facing, wearing Papal tiara and holding long cross, receiving allegorical figures representing the world. Mazio 812; Rinaldi 82. AU, toned and lustrous.