Watch List notes:

*Ermes Flavio de Bonis called Lysippus the Younger (fl. 1470-84), Raffaello Maffei da Volterra, as Apostolic scriptor (1466-76), bust left in cap and gown, rev., Maffei addressing an old woman, 82.5mm (Hill 797; Arm. II, 52, 24; Pfisterer A.2), very fine old cast taken from a pierced example [Clifford 62]. In a document of 1506 Maffei mentioned that the medallist known as Lysippus the Younger was a nephew of the Mantuan medallist Cristoforo di Geremia. More recently Lysippus the Younger has been identified as Ermes Flavio de Bonis, a medallist in Rome who mainly made portrait medals of his circle of friends within the Papal curia. A very similar example to the present medal was in the Gaines collection sold in these rooms, 8 December 2005, lot 9. (400 - 600)