Italy, Papal States. Pius XI AV 100 Lire. Vatican City (Rome), 1929/VIII. PIVS•XI•PONT• MAX•ANNO•VIII, bust right, wearing zucchetto and cope; engravers' signatures MISTRVZZI and A•MOTTI•INC• below / STATO DELLA CITTA DEL VATICANO, figure of Christ, nimbate, standing facing, holding sceptre and globus cruciger, a child kneeling left at his feet, holding crown; denomination across lower fields, date in exergue. KM 9; Friedberg 283; Pagani 612. 8.80g, 24mm, 6h.
Near Mint State; a few light bag marks.
From the inventory of a European dealer.