Lot 202
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Clement IX Rospigliosi (1667-69), bronze medal, 95mm., by Charles Jean François Chéron, bust right wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole, signed CHERON on truncation, rev. the Ponte San Angelo, angel above, river god below (Bonanni II,705,14; Lincoln 1281; Tocci/Worsdale 317; Varriano pp.130-131; Weber 196), small piercing at 12 o'clock, about very fine
Clement IX Rospigliosi (1667-69), bronze medal, 95mm., by Charles Jean François Chéron, bust right wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole, signed CHERON on truncation, rev. the Ponte San Angelo, angel above, river god below (Bonanni II,705,14; Lincoln 1281; Tocci/Worsdale 317; Varriano pp.130-131; Weber 196), small piercing at 12 o'clock, about very fine

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Clement IX Rospigliosi (1667-69), bronze medal, 95mm., by Charles Jean François Chéron, bust right wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole, signed CHERON on truncation, rev. the Ponte San Angelo, angel above, river god below (Bonanni II,705,14; Lincoln 1281; Tocci/Worsdale 317; Varriano pp.130-131; Weber 196), small piercing at 12 o'clock, about very fine

Lot Essay

Cast in 1669 to celebrate the completion of the Pons Aelius, the Hadrianic name of the Ponte San Angelo. Chéron worked at Rome c.1655- 1675 as chief engraver at the Papal mint. This medal is his first documented work.