287, Lot: 744. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. 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, 33.57 g, 12h). By F. Bianchi. Dually-dated RY 23 and 1868 in Roman numerals. Bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Interior view of the Galleria Piana in the Vatican Palace. Mazio Supp. 752; cf. Lincoln 2303 (bronze). EF, toned, with underlying luster.

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