France, Henri Bataille, 1905, a uniface cast bronze portrait medal by H.-E. Nocq, bust right, 91mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.220 [recté 1905]; BDM IV, 279 [recté 1905]). Very fine and very rare (£40-60)

Félix-Henri Bataille (1872-1922), French poet and dramatist, wrote plays exploiting sexual and scandalous themes, such as Maman Colibri (1904), the story of a middle-aged woman’s affair with a young man