257, Lot: 696. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. 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, 35.63 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY XVII and AD 1894 in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Personification seated right, holding long cross; to right, S. Francesco Saverio addressing cardinals; in background, cardinals standing before the Collegio Leoniano in Rome. Mazio 831; Rinaldi 88. UNC, toned and lustrous.