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Italy: Papal States, Erection of the Bridge over the River Paglia, near Aquapendente, 1580, a copper medal by L. Fragni [aka L. Parmense], tonsured bust of Gregory XIII left in cope and stole, rev. view of the six-arched bridge, river-god reclining in foreground, viatorvm salvti pella above, 38mm (Armand I, 280, 16; Lincoln 731; BDM II, 134). Struck on a thin flan, extremely fine and attractively patinated (£60-80)