Papal States: Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi, Pope 1655-1667), a cast bronze medal, 98mm,

Papal States: Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi, Pope 1655-1667), a cast bronze medal, 98mm, robed and capped bust left, 'ALEXANDER VII. P.M. PIVS. IVST. OPT. SENN. PATR. GENTE. CHISIVS. MDCLIX', rev. Androcles in the circus Maximus with quiescent lion at his feet, 'MVNIFICO. PRINCIPI. DOMINICVS. IACOBATIVS' and 'ET. FERA. MEMOR. BENEFICII', by Gioacchino Francesco Travani, rev. by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, some pitting, particularly to obverse field, otherwise very fine.

(97.57mm diameter)

Believed to have been commissioned in commemoration of the end of the plague in Rome in 1657.