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Friday 27 September 2024, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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Medal for the exile of Pope Pius IX in Gaeta, Ferdinand II (1830-59), 1848

Estimate

€ 200 - 400

Sold

€ 1.063

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Regno delle Due Sicilie
diameter 5.7 cm.
Made of gilded bronze. On the obverse, the side-by-side busts of the Pope and King, on the border "PIO. IX. P.O.M. FERDINAND II. KING OF THE KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES"; opus "CATENACCI FECE.". On the reverse, view of the fortress and bastions of Gaeta,