Pius IX, Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti of Senigallia. Pope from 1846 to 1878. The Pope exile in Gaeta. Bronze medal 1848 minted in Naples. By Scipione Catenacci. (Bronze, 57.62 mm, 80.78 g). PIO IX P O M FERDINANDO II RE DEL REGNO DELLE DUE SICILIE 1848 Busts of Pius IX, with mozzetta, zucchetto and stole decorated with The Holy Spirit and papal insigna, and Ferdinand II, in high-uniform, side by side to right; below the busts, CATENACCI FECE. Rev. L'ARMATA NAPOLITANA A MEMORIA DELL'ESULE PIO IN GAETA SACRAVA AL SUO AMATO RE Detailed and protruding view of the fortress with ramparts of Gaeta; on the exergual line, S CATENACCI FECE; in exergue, 26 NOVEMBRE. Bartolotti 1988, p. 66, III – n. 4. D'Auria 2006, 217. Ricciardi 190. Extremely Fine. Ex Tkalec, May 7, 2008 part II, lot 832. Medal issued at the request of the Bourbon Army Command, commemorating the exile of Pius IX in Gaeta.