© CGB
© CGB
Medallion - Pius IX
1849 year| Bronze | 17.3 g | 32 mm |
| Location | Papal States |
|---|---|
| Pope | Pius IX (1846-1878) |
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1849 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 17.3 g |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#230397 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 94% |
Reverse
Legend in five lines; a rosette above and another below.
Lettering:
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PIVS IX PONT . MAX .
ROMAE RESTITVTVS
CATHOLICIS ARMIS
COLLATIS
AN . MDCCCXLIX
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Comment
This legend celebrates the victorious Franco-Austrian intervention in Rome in 1849 against the Italian republicans:"On November 24, 1848, Pius IX left the Quirinal by night [...] after the palace had been attacked by Giuseppe Mazzini's followers [...] Pius IX [...] appealed to the European powers to regain his throne. Rome became a republic. Austria, King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and France supported the Pope. France, however, was the most active: it sent an expeditionary force commanded by General Oudinot, which seized Rome on June 30 1849 and drove the revolutionaries out for good in July".
