Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

ITALY, Isotta degli Atti, 1446, a bronze medal by M. de' Pasti, bust right, hair raised in sophisticated style over high frame with jewelled crossed band, falling in twin conical tails, rev. Malatesta elephant standing in a flowery meadow, 85mm (Hill, Corpus, 167; Armand I, 21, 20; Pollard [2007] 33; Kress 59; cf. Scher, Currency of Fame, 12). Very fine, a cast of good quality and considerable age, however the edge smoothed and with a casting flaw at 1 o’clock, the elephant’s eye re-engraved £200-300