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Pius IX
Ignazio Bianchi (Italian, active 1848–1869)
Italian (Rome)
1871
Mint: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.206
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Mazio, 760.
DescriptionCircular medal of Pope Pius IX (1792-1878).
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper rigth; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXVII·" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·F·".
Reverse: Interior of church at crossing with monumnet (possibly elaborate chair) at center; inscribed in exergue "SACELLVM·XYSTIN·IN·BASIL·LIB·/OPERIB·RENOVATIS·EXCVLTVM/A·MDCCCLXXI·/I·BIANCHI·F·".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper rigth; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXVII·" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·F·".
Reverse: Interior of church at crossing with monumnet (possibly elaborate chair) at center; inscribed in exergue "SACELLVM·XYSTIN·IN·BASIL·LIB·/OPERIB·RENOVATIS·EXCVLTVM/A·MDCCCLXXI·/I·BIANCHI·F·".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXVII·" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·F·".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "SACELLVM·XYSTIN·IN·BASIL·LIB·/OPERIB·RENOVATIS·EXCVLTVM/A·MDCCCLXXI·/I·BIANCHI·F·".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "SACELLVM·XYSTIN·IN·BASIL·LIB·/OPERIB·RENOVATIS·EXCVLTVM/A·MDCCCLXXI·/I·BIANCHI·F·".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)