Historical and Art Medals

1450. Italy. Sigismund Malatesta, bronze medal after Matteo de’Pasti, laureate bust to left, reverse frontal elevation of San Franscisci at Rimini, according to Alverti’s proposed reconstruction, 40mm (Kress 66; Hill, Corpus, 183; cf.Armand I, 21, 17 ). Good fine, a later cast (£40-60)