Triton XX, Lot: 1651. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Pius XI. 1922-1939. AV Medal (43mm, 54.38 g, 12h). By Mistruzzi. Dually dated 1928 and RY 7 (in Roman numerals). PIVS · XI · PONT · MAX · A · VII, bust right, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / Façades of the Collegio Russo and the Chiesa di S. Teresa all’Esquilino; in exergue, RVSSICVM S · THERESIÆ/ AB I · IESV/ MCMXXVIII. Rinaldi 122; Mazio supp. 887 (all references for silver). Superb EF, hairlines. Very rare.