Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Image Not Available for Pius IX
Pius IX
Image Not Available for Pius IX

Pius IX

Guiseppe Cerbara (Italian (Roman), 1770–1856)
1853
MintRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 44 mm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession numberRES.23.185
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONTIFEX·MAXIMVS·AN·VIII·" and under bust "GIVS·CERBARA·F·". Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "MVSEVM·IN·AEDIBVS·LATERAN·AVCTVM/AN·MDCCCLIII·/GC".Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)