257, Lot: 693. 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, 36.66 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY XIV and AD 1891 in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Personification of Astronomy standing left, leaning on column; astronomical implements to left, kneeling Cherub to right; observatory in background. Mazio 821; Rinaldi 85. AU, toned and lustrous.