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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 381

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-68; Lord of Rimini from 1432), unsigned, by Matteo de Pasti, bust left, rev. view of the castle, the Rocca Malatestiana, at Rimini, 80mm. (Armand I, 19,8; Bargello 42), together with Isotta degli Atti (1432/3-74), mistress 1446, then wife 1456, of Sigismondo Malatesta, by Matteo de Pasti, veiled head right, rev. elephant walking right, on each side a heraldic rose tree, 80mm. (Armand I, 21,20; Bargello 40), an attractive pair of good aftercasts of these famous medals; the first with black ´patination´ worn in places; the second not as thick and the ´patination´ not as dark (2) Estimate £ 500-800

Sold for
£1,300