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20 Baiocchi - Pius IX Pattern
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1850 |
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| Engraver(s) | Niccolò Cerbara |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Pope Pius IX facing left, wearing the papal zucchetto and an ornately embroidered cope. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine engraver's detail, signed N. CERBARA in the lower field below the truncation. The encircling legend reads PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·ANN·IV·, identifying the pontiff and his regnal year. |
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| Obverse lettering | PIVS·IX·PONT·MAX·ANN·IV· |
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This piece belongs to a flurry of pattern activity in the Papal States following the upheaval of 1848–49, when the Roman Republic briefly displaced Pius IX and forced him into exile at Gaeta. Returning to Rome under French military protection in 1850, his government explored several monetary reforms — these patterns reflect that period of institutional reconstruction rather than any settled coinage plan.
A gold striking of what was otherwise a base-metal denomination signals an essai intended for cabinet presentation, almost certainly never meant for circulation approval.