Lot 844
844
Pius IX, 1853, by Giuseppe Cerbara, bust left, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, AN VII, signed below, rev. interior of the Lateran Museum, date in exergue, 43mm. (Bart.854; L.2278), good very fine
Pius IX, 1853, by Giuseppe Cerbara, bust left, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, AN VII, signed below, rev. interior of the Lateran Museum, date in exergue, 43mm. (Bart.854; L.2278), good very fine

Details
Pius IX, 1853, by Giuseppe Cerbara, bust left, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, AN VII, signed below, rev. interior of the Lateran Museum, date in exergue, 43mm. (Bart.854; L.2278), good very fine

Lot Essay

Plans for the creation of museums to house the collections of the Vatican were initiated by Gregory XVI. This annual medal shows the Museo Profano which occupied the ground floor of the Lateran Palace.