CNG 106, Lot: 1047. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Rimini (Signori). Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta. 1498-1553. Æ Medal (82.5mm, 157.4 g, 1h). Later cast and chased after an original by Matteo de’Pasti. Dated 1446 (in Roman numerals). x SIGISMVNDVS PANDVLFVS MALATESTA P(AN) F PONTIFICII EXER IMP, bust left / Fortitude seated facing on two elephants, holding broken column; M CCCXIVI in exergue. Cf. Pollard 26; Hill 180. Good VF, brown surface.

From the RAJ Collection. Ex Superior (28 May 1991), lot 2628.