Clement IX 1669 Ponte St. Angelo

The Restoration of the Ponte S. Angelo, cast Bronze Medal, 1669, bust of the Pope right wearing camauro, mozetta and stole, signed on truncation, CLEMENS IX PONT MAX AN III, rev view of the bridge, Fame flying above, the river god of the Tiber reclining below, 96mm. Splendid original cast by Charles Jean François Chéron (1635-1698). Ex-Astarte Sa auction 19, 2006.