Pius IX
Nicola Cerbara
(Italian (Roman), 1796–1869)
1851
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 83 mm, 265.8 gm (3 1/4 in., 9.38 oz.)
Credit LineBequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession numberRES.23.177
ClassificationsNumismatics
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS IX·PONT·MAX·" and under bust "NIC·CERBARA F·".
Reverse: Inscribed above monument "ALEXANDER·VII·PM/LABA[ ]M·APSIDEM/REPA[ ]T·ORNAVIT/AN[ ] M·DC·LXIII", and at edge "[flower] PIVS·IX·P·M·BASILICAE·LATERAN·ALTARE·MAX·AD·VETEREM·FORMAM·RESTIT·AC·SPLENDIDIORI·CVLTV·INSTAVR·".Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)
