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Italie, Rimini. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta...

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Medal in cast bronze 1445, by Antonio Pisano called "Pisanello" > Av./ GENERALIS / SIGISMVNDVS DE MALATESTIS ARIMINI 7C E ROMANE ECLLESIE CAPITANEVS, cuirassed bust of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta on right. Rev./ OPVS PISANI PICTORIS / M CCCC XLV, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta in cuirass and on horseback charging left in front of the fortress Rocca Contrada captured in 1445. Traces of verdigris. TTB to superb. Later casting. Diameter : 102,24 mm Weight 351,35 g Provenance: > Collection Étienne Victor Quenescourt (1837-1914) By descent Bibliography: Hill 34 - Coll. Kress 13 and 14 (lead). > Consultant : Maxime Mégret-Merger