Watch List notes:

Hercules, bronze medal by Cavino, bust of Hercules right, lion's skin knotted at throat, rev., Lichas presenting the poisoned shirt of Nessus to Hercules; HB monogram and bird in exergue, 38.3mm (Attwood 298; Kress 411 = Pollard 468), file marks to edge, an extremely fine contemporary cast with brown patina. The monogram of HB stands for Hercules Buphiloponus (Hercules, lover of labour) and these words are found on the base inscription to the colossal statue of Hercules by Bartolommeo Ammanati, commissioned by Marco Mantova Benavides for the Palazzo Benavides in Padua in 1544. The head of Hercules is copied from an ancient gem. The dies for the medal, recently published in All'antica, Historisches Museum Basel, [nd] p. 338, L76, are in Paris although most extant examples of the medal are casts, the present piece being very sharp.
(300-400 GBP)