Watch List notes:

A Collection of Papal Medals and Coins, Alexander VII (1599-1655-1667), Fabio Chigi, Piazza del Popolo, Rome, cast unpatinated bronze medal, 1662, Year VIII, by Gioacchino Francesco Travani (and Gian Lorenzo Bernini), bust l., crowned with tiara, wearing decorated mozetta and stole, ALEX. VII. PONT. MAX. A. VII., rev. a view of the piazza active with people, showing the Egyptian [Flamino] obelisk and the twin churches of Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto, SAPIENTA IN PLATEIS DAT VOCEM SVAM, dated in ex. MDCLXII, 65.5mm. (Weber, Bauten Roms 247; Bon.II, 641.37), good very fine
Varriano (1987), 'Its pictorialism is uncompromisingly Berninesque'. The Flamino obelisk is one of 13 ancient Egyptian obelisks within the city of Rome.
(350-450 GBP)