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Pius IX
Italian (Rome)
1863
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.23.197
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·PONT·MAX·AN·XVIII·" and under bust "L.BIANCH F".
Reverse: Building; inscribed below "L.BIANCH.F" and in exergue "NICOTIANIS·FOLIS·ELABORANDIS/OFFICINAM·APTIOREM/A·SOLO·EXTRVXIT/AN·MDCCCLXIII·".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XVIII·" and under bust "L.BIANCH F".
Reverse: Building; inscribed below "L.BIANCH.F" and in exergue "NICOTIANIS·FOLIS·ELABORANDIS/OFFICINAM·APTIOREM/A·SOLO·EXTRVXIT/AN·MDCCCLXIII·".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XVIII·" and under bust "L.BIANCH F".
Reverse: Inscribed below "L.BIANCH.F" and in exergue "NICOTIANIS·FOLIS·ELABORANDIS/OFFICINAM·APTIOREM/A·SOLO·EXTRVXIT/AN·MDCCCLXIII·".
Reverse: Inscribed below "L.BIANCH.F" and in exergue "NICOTIANIS·FOLIS·ELABORANDIS/OFFICINAM·APTIOREM/A·SOLO·EXTRVXIT/AN·MDCCCLXIII·".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)