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Pius IX
Ignazio Bianchi (Italian, active 1848–1869)
Italian (Rome)
1869
Mint: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.201
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·XXIII" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·F·".
Reverse: View looking down multi-bayed corridor of the Vatican Palace with a bust on a pedestal at end; inscribed in exergue "PORTICVS·DOM·PONT·/IN·VAT·EXCVITA/BIANCHI·F 186[9]".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXIII" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·F·".
Reverse: View looking down multi-bayed corridor of the Vatican Palace with a bust on a pedestal at end; inscribed in exergue "PORTICVS·DOM·PONT·/IN·VAT·EXCVITA/BIANCHI·F 186[9]".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXIII" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·F·".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "PORTICVS·DOM·PONT·/IN·VAT·EXCVITA/BIANCHI·F 186[9]".
Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "PORTICVS·DOM·PONT·/IN·VAT·EXCVITA/BIANCHI·F 186[9]".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)