COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), Lord of Rimini (from 1432) and Fano, Foundation Medal for the Church of San Francesco, Rimini, Cast Bronze, 1450, by Matteo di Andrea de' Pasti (active from 1441, died 1467/8), bust left wearing tunic, SIGISMONDVS PANDVLFVS MALATESTA PAN F, rev façade of the church showing dome, PRAECL ARIMINI TEMPLVM AN GRATIAE V F M CCCC L, 40mm (Hill, Corpus 183; Arm I, 21/17; Pollard [2007], 37; Kress 66; Pollard, Bargello I, 47a). Very fine, a later cast.
Estimate: £150-200