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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
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 Case (MEC2669.1)