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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 448

Italy, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), Lord of Rimini and Fano from 1432, Bronze Medal, 1445, by Antonio di Puccio [Pisanello], • SIGISMVNDVS • DE • MALATESTIS • ARIMINI • 7C • E • ROMANE • ECLLESIE • CAPITANEVS, draped and armoured bust right, GENERALIS below, four-petalled rose of Malatesta on shoulder, rev. OPVS PICTORIS, Sigismund in full armour on horseback left between rocks; with fortress in background dated MCCCC XLV and hung with the Malatesta shield, 97.5mm, 283.16g (Hill 34; Armand I, 5, 14; Pollard 13 = Kress 13; Cordellier 277; Syson/Gordon 122, p. 35, fig. 1.40), pierced twice at 12 o'clock, otherwise good very fine, an old cast

Provenance

Morton & Eden, 9 December, 2009

Spink, 24 January 2008, lot 94

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), lord of Rimini, Fano and Senigallia, was the natural son of Pandolfo Malatesta. He succeeded his Uncle Carlo in 1429. The prominent title on the obverse, Captain General, was bestowed upon Sigismondo in 1445 by Pope Eugenius IV. In the same year he captured the fortress of Rocca Contrada near Arcevia.

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Estimate
£700 to £800

Starting price
£600