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Pius IX
Pietro Girometti (Italian (Roman), 1811–1859)
Italian (Rome)
1856
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.23.191
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Pope Pius IX (1792-1878).
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "PIVS IX·PONT MAX·ANNO XIV" and under bust "P.GIROMETTI F.".
Reverse: Façade of gate; inscribed above "PORTAM VRBIS IN JANICVLI VERTICE RESTITVIT ORNAVIT", on gate's frieze "ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLIV PONTIFICATVS VIII", and in exergue "ANNO MDCCCLVI/V.VESPIGNANI ARCHIT.".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "PIVS IX·PONT MAX·ANNO XIV" and under bust "P.GIROMETTI F.".
Reverse: Façade of gate; inscribed above "PORTAM VRBIS IN JANICVLI VERTICE RESTITVIT ORNAVIT", on gate's frieze "ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLIV PONTIFICATVS VIII", and in exergue "ANNO MDCCCLVI/V.VESPIGNANI ARCHIT.".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS IX·PONT MAX·ANNO XIV" and under bust "P.GIROMETTI F.".
Reverse: Inscribed above "PORTAM VRBIS IN JANICVLI VERTICE RESTITVIT ORNAVIT", on gate's frieze "ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLIV PONTIFICATVS VIII", and in exergue "ANNO MDCCCLVI/V.VESPIGNANI ARCHIT.".
Reverse: Inscribed above "PORTAM VRBIS IN JANICVLI VERTICE RESTITVIT ORNAVIT", on gate's frieze "ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLIV PONTIFICATVS VIII", and in exergue "ANNO MDCCCLVI/V.VESPIGNANI ARCHIT.".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)