Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1415
Vatican Medals (3) | including Pius IX, Declaration of the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, AR Medal, 1856, by I. Bianchi, draped bust left, rev. scene of the declaration, 43mm, 36.14g (Rinaldi 50; Bartolotti 856), lightest of hairlines to the fields, otherwise brilliant and with a pleasing light silver tone, the reverse handsomely intricate, extremely fine; Pius IX, AE Medal, 1846, by Jean Pierre De Montagny, draped bust left, rev. Christ resurrected, radiant halo behind, 36mm, 22.72g, some deposits to the obverse, otherwise lustrous, extremely fine; John XXIII, 70th anniversary of the "Rerum Novarum", AR Medal, 1961, by Pietro Ciampoli, draped bust left, rev. female figure holds book and flame, works and mother and children behind, 44mm, 39.17g (Modescti 119), cleaned and lightly contact marked, otherwise extremely fine (3)
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Sold for
£140
Starting price
£110