- Personage:
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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, “Signore” of Rimini since 1432, (1417-1467)
- Artist:
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Matteo de’ Pasti
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Medallist, Sculptor, Painter. Verona, 1405-1467.
Matteo de’ Pasti lived mainly at the court of the Malatesta in Rimini.
- Description:
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Obverse: · SIGISMONDVS · PANDOLFVS · DE · MALATESTIS · S · RO·ECLESIE · CAPITANEVS · G · Bust facing left, wearing cuirass and surcoat.
Reverse: · CASTELLVM · SISMONDVM · ARIMINENSE · MATTHEVS · PASTVS · V · F · 1446 · Scene: The castle of Rimini, with many square towers, curtain-wall and gateway.
- Background:
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Cast in 1446 when Matteo was living in Rimini. The “Rocca Malatestiana” began in 1438 and was finished in 1446.
- Diameter:
- 80.9 mm. (Max. Diameter reported: 83 mm.); Bronze cast.
- Evaluation:
- Good patina; slight wear; likely original cast. Hole filled.
- Reference:
- Hill, Corpus 164a.