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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, about 1420–after 1420)
Italian
Renaissance
1446
Place of Manufacture: Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; cast bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 84 mm (3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee
Accession Number27.816
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Hill 176.
Kress 62.
DescriptionCircular medal of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini and Fano (born 1417, lord of Rimini and Fano 1432-68).
Obverse: Profile bust of Sigismondo looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "·SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS·MALATESTA·PAN·F·".
Reverse: Castle (probably Rocca Malatestiana) at center; inscribed at edge "·CASTELLVM·SISMVNDVM·ARIMINENSE·M·CCCC·XLVI·".
Obverse: Profile bust of Sigismondo looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "·SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS·MALATESTA·PAN·F·".
Reverse: Castle (probably Rocca Malatestiana) at center; inscribed at edge "·CASTELLVM·SISMVNDVM·ARIMINENSE·M·CCCC·XLVI·".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "·SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS·MALATESTA·PAN·F·" ["Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, son of Pandolfo"].
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "·CASTELLVM·SISMVNDVM·ARIMINENSE·M·CCCC·XLVI·" ["Castle Sigismondo at Rimini, 1446"].
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "·CASTELLVM·SISMVNDVM·ARIMINENSE·M·CCCC·XLVI·" ["Castle Sigismondo at Rimini, 1446"].
ProvenanceBy 1927, Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee; 1927, gift of Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1927)