Italy, Francesco Niconizio of Curzola (1501-1549), lawyer, bronze medal by Giulio della Torre, bust left, rev., Mercury standing, pointing up to the dates of a palm tree, 111.5mm (Hill 581; Arm. I, 134, 25; Toderi/Vannel 523), with some scratches in the fields, a very fine old cast with brown patina. A contemporary cast of this medal was sold in these rooms in 2005 as part of the Gaines collection and again in 2009 from the Stack collection and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Estimate: £700 - 1000