Live auction - fme_1083151 - ITALY- PAPAL STATES - ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi) Médaille, Construction de la colonnade de la place Saint Pierre

ITALY- PAPAL STATES - ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi) Médaille, Construction de la colonnade de la place Saint Pierre XF

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Estimate :	100 €
Price :	50 €
Maximum bid :	120 €
End of the sale :	13 January 2026 18:38:58
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Médaille, Construction de la colonnade de la place Saint Pierre

Date: (1661)

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 41,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Engraver MORONE Gaspare

Weight : 28,09 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Taches d’oxydation

Catalogue references :

Modesti 589 diamètre : 41 à 43 mm - Bart E.661b - Bargello124 - Borghesi661 Ae : 43 mm - Goppel2604/111 Ae : 42 mm

Obverse

Obverse legend : ALEXAN. VII. PONT - MAX. A. VII.

Obverse description : Buste habillé et coiffé de la tiare pontificale de profil à gauche, signé : GM.

Reverse

Reverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : FVNDAMENTA EIVS / IN MONTIBVS / SANCTIS..

Reverse description : Vue en perspective de la colonnade d’après le projet du Bernin. Au-dessus, le dessin du plan correspondant.

Commentary

Au vue du diamètre et des reliefs un peu mous, il s’agit d’une fonte postérieure.
Judging by the diameter and the somewhat soft relief, it is a later casting.