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Pius IX
Ignazio Bianchi (Italian, active 1848–1869)
Italian (Rome)
1867
Mint: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.202
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 "PIXS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXII" under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: View of plaza with obelisk at center; inscribed above "ADSCENSV·COMMODIORE·AD·COLLEM·QVIRINALEM/APERTO·EXORNATO", below "[ ]ANNI·ARCH·I·BIANCHI·S·", and in exergue "AN·MDCCCLXVII".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIXS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXII" under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: View of plaza with obelisk at center; inscribed above "ADSCENSV·COMMODIORE·AD·COLLEM·QVIRINALEM/APERTO·EXORNATO", below "[ ]ANNI·ARCH·I·BIANCHI·S·", and in exergue "AN·MDCCCLXVII".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIXS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXII" under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: Inscribed above "ADSCENSV·COMMODIORE·AD·COLLEM·QVIRINALEM/APERTO·EXORNATO", below "[ ]ANNI·ARCH·I·BIANCHI·S·", and in exergue "AN·MDCCCLXVII".
Reverse: Inscribed above "ADSCENSV·COMMODIORE·AD·COLLEM·QVIRINALEM/APERTO·EXORNATO", below "[ ]ANNI·ARCH·I·BIANCHI·S·", and in exergue "AN·MDCCCLXVII".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)