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Pius IX: Fire inside Saint Paul's Basilica
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Pius IX: Fire inside Saint Paul's Basilica

Giuseppe Girometti (Italian, 1780–1851)
1854
MintRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 51 mm (2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession numberRES.23.166
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONTIFEX·MAXIMVS·-[rosette]-". Reverse: Inscribed below "GIROMETTI FEC." and in exergue "BASILIC·S·PAVLI EX INCENDIO/·XV·IVL·MDCCCXXIII".Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)