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Commemorative bronze medal depicting Pope Pius IX
Commemorative medal depicting Pope Pius IX. Obverse: Head of Pope Pius IX (left) within a circle of laurel and oak leaves. Legend: 'PIVS IX. PONT. MAX'. Reverse: Aqueduct across a valley with a city on the right a road in the foreground leading to the city, hills in the backround. Legend: 'PROVIDENTIA . OPTIMI . PRINCIPIS . ARICIAE . CLIVI . PERICVLO . SVBLATO .' Exergue: 'VIA . INGENTI . MOLITIONE . ARCVBVS . IMPOSITA COMMEANTIVM . SECVRITATI ANNO MDCCCLIV.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2669 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Cerbara, N.; S. Bianchi |
| Date made: | 1854 |
| People: | Pope Pius IX; Pope Pius IX Cerbara, N. S. Bianchi |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Airy Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 82 mm |
| Parts: | Commemorative bronze medal depicting Pope Pius IX |