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Italy: Papal States, Gregory XIV, Sfrondati, 1590, copper medals (2), by N. de Bonis, bust right in cap and cope, revs. standing figure of Ceres, and seated figure holding tiara and cross, both 33mm (Lincoln 823, 826); Innocent XI, Facchinetti, yr 1 [1591], a copper medal by N. de Bonis, bearded bust right, rev. Minerva standing with trophies, 29mm (Lincoln 837) [3]. First two with obverse die flaw across bust, very fine, last better (£80-100)

Two further short-lived pontiffs whose medals are scarce