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Pius IX
Ignazio Bianchi (Italian, active 1848–1869)
Italian (Rome)
1870
Mint: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.205
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·XXV·" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: Symmetical building complex, inscribed on each flanking tower (too small to read); inscribed below "VESPIGNANI·A·" and in exergue "COEMETERIVM·VRB·AD·AGR·VERANVM/INSIGNI·IN·FRONTEM·EXSTRVCTIONE/A·CHR·MDCCCLXX·/I·BIANCH·S·".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXV·" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: Symmetical building complex, inscribed on each flanking tower (too small to read); inscribed below "VESPIGNANI·A·" and in exergue "COEMETERIVM·VRB·AD·AGR·VERANVM/INSIGNI·IN·FRONTEM·EXSTRVCTIONE/A·CHR·MDCCCLXX·/I·BIANCH·S·".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXV·" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: Inscribed below "VESPIGNANI·A·" and in exergue "COEMETERIVM·VRB·AD·AGR·VERANVM/INSIGNI·IN·FRONTEM·EXSTRVCTIONE/A·CHR·MDCCCLXX·/I·BIANCH·S·".
Reverse: Inscribed below "VESPIGNANI·A·" and in exergue "COEMETERIVM·VRB·AD·AGR·VERANVM/INSIGNI·IN·FRONTEM·EXSTRVCTIONE/A·CHR·MDCCCLXX·/I·BIANCH·S·".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)