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Pius IX
Italian (Rome)
1872
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.23.204
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·XXVI·" and under bust "BIANCHI".
Reverse: Chair at center with Jesus at proper right presenting it to a man kneeling at proper left who has Saint Peter standing behind him; inscribed below "BIANCHI" and in exergue "XXV·ANNIS·REGNAVIT/FECITA·QVOD·RECTVM·ERAT·/[blank space] REG·III".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXVI·" and under bust "BIANCHI".
Reverse: Chair at center with Jesus at proper right presenting it to a man kneeling at proper left who has Saint Peter standing behind him; inscribed below "BIANCHI" and in exergue "XXV·ANNIS·REGNAVIT/FECITA·QVOD·RECTVM·ERAT·/[blank space] REG·III".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXVI·" and under bust "BIANCHI".
Reverse: Inscribed below "BIANCHI" and in exergue "XXV·ANNIS·REGNAVIT/FECITA·QVOD·RECTVM·ERAT·/[blank space] REG·III".
Reverse: Inscribed below "BIANCHI" and in exergue "XXV·ANNIS·REGNAVIT/FECITA·QVOD·RECTVM·ERAT·/[blank space] REG·III".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)