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Pius IX

(Italian, active 1848–1869)
1869
MintRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
Credit LineBequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession numberRES.23.201
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·AN·XXIII" and under bust "I·BIANCHI·F·". Reverse: Inscribed in exergue "PORTICVS·DOM·PONT·/IN·VAT·EXCVITA/BIANCHI·F 186[9]".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)