ITALY, Papal (Papal State). Pius IX. 1846-1878. Æ Medal (42.5mm, 61.19 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (1863). PIVS · IX · PONT · MAX · ANNO XV ·, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and stole; I · BIANCHI · F · below; all within bead-and-reel border / ANNO · MDCCCLXIII ·/TRIDENTI/BENEDICTVS · DE · RICCABONA/EPISCOPVS · PRINCEPS/.CLERVS · ORDO · ET · POPVLVS/TERTIA · FESTA · SAECVLARIA · OBEVNT/A · CONCILIO · MAGNO · ABSOLVTO in seven lines; rosette above and below. Cf. Bartolotti XVII (for issue in silver). Brown surfaces, slight handling marks. EF.
From the Peter Napoli Collection.