rev. elevation of the pope's tomb in St Peter's, Rome (Lincoln 1512; Ciech.264; Weber, Bauten Roms 361; Varriano 137), brown patina, darker on the obverse, light scratch behind bust, good very fine

The medal was commissioned in 1700 by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni in honour of his great uncle, Pope Alexander VIII. It records the tomb in Saint Peter's, paid for by the Cardinal, which was completed in 1725.