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Medal Pius IX

Location United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Year 1846
Type Personality medal
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Reverse description Central depiction of the papal coat of arms featuring a quartered shield with diagonal bands and rampant lions, surmounted by the papal tiara and flanked by the crossed keys of Saint Peter with ornate tasselled cords. The surrounding legend, arranged continuously around the full circumference and into the lower field, records the biographical and pontifical details of Pius IX in English.
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Reverse lettering PIUS IX (JOHN MARY MASTAI FERRETTI) THE 257TH POPE IN SUCCESSION FROM ST PETER BORN 13TH MAY 1792 AT SINIGAGLIA, ELECTED 16TH JUNE 1846, CROWNED 21ST JUNE AND TOOK POSSESSION OF THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN (LATERAN) HIS CATHEDRAL ON 8TH NOVEMBER 1846
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