Issue commemorating the reconsecration of St. Peter's Basilica. Paul Outside the Walls 1854
Designed by I. Bianchi
Medal in an elegant case.
Obverse: bust of the Pope, left, below the signature I BIANCHI F
PIVS IX PONT MAX
Reverse: interior view of St. Basilica Paul, including the Arnolfo di Cambio tabernacle
PIVS IX P M BASILICAM PAVLI APOST AB INCENDIO REFECTAM SOLEMNI RITV CONSECRAVIT IV ID DEC MDCCCLIV
Bronze, diameter 82 mm, weight 261 g
