Watch List notes:

*Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), Sir Henry Newton (1651-1715), British ambassador in Florence, gilt-bronze medal, 1709, bust right, rev., Pallas and Prudence embracing; signed below, 78mm (VT 61; Vannel & Toderi, Bargello, 224-25; MI 367/29; Eimer 441; Avery, The Medal, Spring 1994, fig. 5), the original rim filed down presumably to fit it into a mount, a fine early cast [Clifford lot 306] (300 - 400)