Italy. Pio IX (1846-1878), Giovanni Mastai Ferretti. Lot of two (2) AR Medals, Year XVI (1861) and Year 20 (1865), Rome mint. Opus: C. Voigt and I. Bianchi. About EF:Good VF. For Year XVI: The legend is referring to Dan. 6. 22: Deus meus misit angelum suum et conclusit ora leonum... The subjunctive concludat, 'Let My God close the mouths of the lions', may, in 1861, refer to Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel, who were devouring the Papal States.
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