Watch List notes:

Giovanni Gaddi, Prior of Florence, had the naval command in 1477.
Cast medal 1485, opus: Florentine school (1480-1510). AE (g circa 400; mm 88). IOANNES DE GHADDIS, engraved letters, bust turned to the left, wearing armor with on his chest a winged mask. Rv. A crested hawk on the branch of a tree to which its legs are tied, above a scroll with the inscription: TANT QVE IE VIVRAI. Bargello 385 (AE mm 92,2); Pollard 273 (AE mm 92,2); Hill 1084; Armand I, 96,1.
Rare and extremely fine, very old artistic cast.
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