*Italy, Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564), gold prize medal for the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, 1812, by G.A. Santarelli, michel piu che mortal angel divino, bust right, rev., levan di terra al ciel nostr' intelletto – mdcccxii, three laurels wreaths, 134.50g, 54mm (Eidlitz 178; Bramsen 1185; BDM V, 335), faint marks, extremely fine and very rare
Estimate: £4,000 - 6000