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Pius IX
Italian (Rome)
1874
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 44 mm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.183
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.XXIX" and on bust "BIANCHI".
Reverse: Interior view of a church looking down nave to apse; inscribed in exergue "BASIL.TRANSTIR.MARIAE.D.N/REFECT.EXORANTA/A.MDCCCLXXIV" and at edge below "BIANCHI".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIVS.IX.PONT.MAX.AN.XXIX" and on bust "BIANCHI".
Reverse: Interior view of a church looking down nave to apse; inscribed in exergue "BASIL.TRANSTIR.MARIAE.D.N/REFECT.EXORANTA/A.MDCCCLXXIV" and at edge below "BIANCHI".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS.IX.PONT.MAX.AN.XXIX" and on bust "BIANCHI".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "BASIL.TRANSTIR.MARIAE.D.N/REFECT.EXORANTA/A.MDCCCLXXIV" and at edge below "BIANCHI".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "BASIL.TRANSTIR.MARIAE.D.N/REFECT.EXORANTA/A.MDCCCLXXIV" and at edge below "BIANCHI".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)