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Pius IX: Reconstruction of Saint Paul's Basilica

(Italian, active 1848–1869)
1854
MintRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 83 mm, 259.2 gm (3 1/4 in., 9.14 oz.)
Credit LineBequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession numberRES.23.178
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·" and under bust "I·BIANCH F·". Reverse: Inscribed at edge in band "[flower] PIVS·IX·P·M·BASILICAM·PAVLI·APOST·AB·INCENDIO·REFECTAM·SOLEMNI·RITV·CONSECRAVIT·IV·ID·DEC·MDCCCLIV" and on basilica's floor "I·BIANCH·F·", and in exergue "AL·POLETTI·ARCH·INV·".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)