Pius IX
Ignazio Bianchi
(Italian, active 1848–1869)
1865
MintRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 82 mm, 260.5 gm (3 1/4 in., 9.19 oz.)
Credit LineBequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession numberRES.23.174
ClassificationsNumismatics
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·" and under bust "I·BIANCH·S·".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "[flower] PIVS·IX·P·M·FRONTEM·ET·PRONAVM·BASILICAE·PAVLI·APOSTOLI·AB·INCENDIO·NOBILIVS·RESTITVIT" and in exergue "AN·MDCCCLXV/AL·POLETTI·ARCH·INV·/I·BIANCHI·S·".Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)
