Medal - Pius IX Restoration of the monuments on the Appian Way
Medal - Pius IX Restoration of the monuments on the Appian Way
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Location
Papal
States
Year
1852
Type
Commemorative medal
Composition
Silver
Weight
33.67 g
Diameter
43.70 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Edge
Period
Notice
Themmel Leopoldo
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Bust with cap facing right.
Obverse lettering
PIVS IX PONTIFEX
MAXIMVS ANNO VII
BONFIL ZACCAGNINI INC
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A view of the Appian way, a very important and old strategic road built by the Romans, and its monuments, including the Basilica of San Sebastiano and its catacombs to the right, which is the final resting place of the saint. To the left the tomb of Caecilia Metella is depicted. In the centre St Sebastian lying down with pierced arrows.
Reverse lettering
VIA APPIA
RESTITVA
A TEMPSSEBASTIANIPXM
AD BOVILLAS
B ZACCAGNINI FECIT (Translation: Via Appia Restored. From the times of St Sebastian.)
