269, Lot: 574. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Virgilio Rosario. Cardinal Vicar, 1558-1559. Cast Æ Medal (35mm, 43.04 g, 3h). + VIRGILIVS ROSARIVS CAR DE SPOLETO, bust left, wearing biretta and hooded cassock / + FIDE ET PRVDEN COLVI DONEC (as long as I have cultivated faith and prudence), arm with serpent entwined around wrist; rose bush below. Attwood 1185. VF, cleaning marks and scattered porosity. Aftercast.