Watch List notes:

*Poland, John Laski (1499-1560), Polish protestant reformer, uniface lead medal, bust right in cap and gown, aged 56 and dated 1557, in integral frame, 79mm (for a similar example see Meister & Sonntag, Nov. 2011, 503), pierced, fine early cast [Clifford lot 533]. Laski, a friend of Erasmus and Zwingli, came to England in the reign of Edward VI and set up a Congregation for European Protestants in London in 1550. He was obliged to leave in Mary's reign, eventually returning to Poland where he was involved in the Calvinist Reformation. (150 - 200)