Watch List notes:

Italy, Papal State. Pius IX Mastai Ferretti (1846-1878) Æ Annual Medal. Visit of the Pope to San Spirito Hospital, by P. Girometti. Vatican, Year 10, 1855. PIVS IX• PONTIFEX MAXIMVS ANNO X•, bust right, wearing skullcap and embroidered cope fastened at the front with a brooch; P• GIROMETTI F• below bust truncation / Pius IX, attended by members of his court including a Swiss Guardsman, blesses a sick man lying prostrate, who is assisted by a priest, who genuflects; AD SANCTI SPIRITVS LVE LABORANTES INVISIT XI KAL• SEPT• A MDCCCLIV in three lines in exergue. Bartolotti X-1. 38.09g, 43mm, 12h.

Good Extremely Fine. The lightest of wear on the high points of the relief, untouched surfaces.

From a private European collection;
Medal sold with original velvet-lined, embossed red leather presentation case.