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Pius IX
Guiseppe Cerbara (Italian (Roman), 1770–1856)
Italian (Rome)
1853
Mint: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 44 mm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.185
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Pope Pius IX (1792-1878).
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONTIFEX·MAXIMVS·AN·VIII·" and under bust "GIVS·CERBARA·F·".
Reverse: Interior view of a gallery with sculpture placed in central niche, flanked by a doorway on each side; inscribed in exergue "MVSEVM·IN·AEDIBVS·LATERAN·AVCTVM/AN·MDCCCLIII·/GC".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONTIFEX·MAXIMVS·AN·VIII·" and under bust "GIVS·CERBARA·F·".
Reverse: Interior view of a gallery with sculpture placed in central niche, flanked by a doorway on each side; inscribed in exergue "MVSEVM·IN·AEDIBVS·LATERAN·AVCTVM/AN·MDCCCLIII·/GC".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONTIFEX·MAXIMVS·AN·VIII·" and under bust "GIVS·CERBARA·F·".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "MVSEVM·IN·AEDIBVS·LATERAN·AVCTVM/AN·MDCCCLIII·/GC".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "MVSEVM·IN·AEDIBVS·LATERAN·AVCTVM/AN·MDCCCLIII·/GC".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)