Watch List notes:

PAPAL STATES: Pius IX, 1846-1878, medal (10.21g), 1846, 31x28mm gilt oval medal for the Nagasaki Martyrs, bust right of the Pope with PIUS IX PONT MAX ELECTUS 16 JUN 1846 around // 5 martyrs being crucified on crosses left to right with mourners attending to one victim below and S.S. - PETRUS BAPTISTA ET ALII 22 SOCII / MARTYRI IN JAPONIA ANNO 1597. around, under-metal uncertain, but likely bronze, lightly tooled fields, with integral loop for suspension, plain edge, EF, R. General Hideyoshi Toyotomi (1537-98) had converted Japanese and 26 missionaries executed in 1597. The martyrs were canonized in 1862.

Estimate: 50-75 USD