Bohemia, Johannes [Jan] Hus (c.1372-1415), Protestant Reformer, cast bronze medal, by Christian Wermuth, bust r., dividing name, rev. Hus burns at the stake, 41.5mm. (Whiting 5; Goppel 82; Wohlfahrt 55019; Donebauer 3453), cast from a pierced specimen (mark shows on obverse), on a thin flan, sharp and very fine; Italy, Virginio Cesarini (1595-1624), mathematician and astronomer and Giovanni della Mirandola Pico (1463-1494), poet and philosopher, cast pewter tribute medal, undated, conjoined busts r., rev. two phoenix in flaming nest, ALTERA ROMAE, 47mm. (Johnson 676), fine, pierced (2)
Huss was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake.
Estimate: 70 - 90 GBP