111B

Personage:

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (2/2)

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, “Signore” of Rimini since 1432, (1417-1467).

Artist:
Matteo de’ Pasti — Medallist, Sculptor, Painter. Verona, 1405-1467.

Matteo de’ Pasti lived mainly at the court of the Malatesta in Rimini.


Description:

Obverse: · SIGISMVNDVSPANDVLFVS · MALATESTA · PANF · Bust facing left, wearing cuirass and surcoat.

Reverse: CASTELLVM · SISMVNDVM · ARIMINENSE · M · CCCC · XLVI ·  Scene: The Castle of Rimini, depicting mainly square towers a curtain-wall and entrance.

Background:

Cast in 1446, one of many cast for Sigismondo.

Diameter:
81.9 mm. Bronze cast.
Evaluation:
Good patina; Good condition, softer details; Possibly older cast.
Reference:
Hill, Corpus 185.