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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.23.203
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·XXIV" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: Memorial monument flanked by two trees at each side; inscribed above "IN·COEM·VRB·AD·AGRVM·VERAN·", below "[ ]·VESPIGNANI·A·/·BIANCH·S", and in exergue "MILITIBVS·QVI·PRO·PETRI·SEDE·PVGNANTES·OCCVBVERVNT/A·MDCCLXVII".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius IX looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXIV" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: Memorial monument flanked by two trees at each side; inscribed above "IN·COEM·VRB·AD·AGRVM·VERAN·", below "[ ]·VESPIGNANI·A·/·BIANCH·S", and in exergue "MILITIBVS·QVI·PRO·PETRI·SEDE·PVGNANTES·OCCVBVERVNT/A·MDCCLXVII".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXIV" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·S·".
Reverse: Inscribed above "IN·COEM·VRB·AD·AGRVM·VERAN·", below "[ ]·VESPIGNANI·A·/·BIANCH·S", and in exergue "MILITIBVS·QVI·PRO·PETRI·SEDE·PVGNANTES·OCCVBVERVNT/A·MDCCLXVII".
Reverse: Inscribed above "IN·COEM·VRB·AD·AGRVM·VERAN·", below "[ ]·VESPIGNANI·A·/·BIANCH·S", and in exergue "MILITIBVS·QVI·PRO·PETRI·SEDE·PVGNANTES·OCCVBVERVNT/A·MDCCLXVII".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)