287, Lot: 742. Estimate $100. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Beatus Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. AR Medal (43mm, 32.90 g, 12h). By G. Cerbara. Dated RY 3 (1848/9). Bust left, wearing zucchetto and mantum / Moses delivering the Ten Commandments to the leaders of the Tribes. Mazio Supp. 676; Lincoln 2258. EF, attractively toned, with underlying luster.

Duplicates from the Kisch Medal Collection sold on behalf of the American Numismatic Society.