WORLD COINS, ITALY, Renaissance. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano, (1417-1432-1468). Cast Bronze Medal, 1446, 79mm, 159.1g, by Matteo di Andrea de' Pasti (active from 1441; d. 1467/8). Armoured bust of Sigismondo left, with surcoat, SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS MALATESTA PAN F. Rev. View of the Castle of Rimini, CATELLVM SISMVNDVM ARIMINENSE M CCCC XLVI. (Hill, Corpus, 185; Pollard 29; Kress 62; Armand I, 20.12; Börner 32, 63; Hall I, 37; Pollard (2007) 29). A contemporary cast, pierced above head and the obverse with peck-marks and bruises. Very fine.
from the collection of medals formed by William Victor Royle Baldwin (known as Roy or Uncle Roy), one of A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd founder's three sons, he was born in 1893
Estimate: $ 750