Watch List notes:

*Italy, Battista II di Pietro Campofregoso, Doge of Genoa (1478-1483), bronze medal by Battista Elia da Genova, bust right in cap, rev., a trochilus flying into the open jaws of a crocodile (as described in Herodotus ii, 68 where the trochilus bird is said to feed in the crocodile's mouth without danger to itself), 43mm (Hill 728; Arm. I, 61, 1; Pollard 225 = Kress 201), light marks in fields, a fine contemporary cast with dark patina Ex Astarte XVIII, 2005, lot 213.

Estimate: £400 - 600