Object Description
44 SIXTUS V Peretti, Pope 1585-90 1589
Obv. Bust to right, tonsured, wearing cope. Around, * SYXTVS * V * PONT * MAX * ; below, AN * V * ; on truncation, . NI . BONIS .
Rev. A bridge with five arches. Around, PONS * FELIX; in exergue, . AN . DOM . M . D . | LXXXIX .
Bronze, 43 mm.
In 1589 Sixtus V commissioned Domenico Fontana to construct the Ponte Felice over the Tiber in the Borghetto. The medal shows an early project for the bridge, which was completed in 1603. As completed, the bridge has only four arches with large eyes in the pylons.
Bibl.: Arm. i, p. 288, 2; Rosati, no. 140; Houston, no. 246 (with variant signature); Tresor Papes, pl. 19, 9; Brescia 2, p. II, no. 153; Supino, no. 513; Martinori, fasc. xii, p. 33; Venuti, p. 168, no. 36; Bonnani, p. 422, no. 34.
