Mistress and Later Wife of Sigismondo Malatesta

439, Lot: 677. Estimate $150. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Rimini. Isotta degli Atti. Circa 1432-1474. Cast Æ Medal (41mm, 33.13 g, 12h). By Matteo de’ Pasti. Manufactured circa 1456-1460. D ISOTTAE ARIMINENSI, bust right; triangle stops / (triangle stop) ELEGIAE, closed book viewed frontally. Vannel-Toderi 87-90; Hill 188; Pollard Pollard 35 = Kress 64. Fine, attractive brown patina, holed for suspension. An early cast.

From the Virtus Collection. Ex Morton & Eden 72 (15 December 2014), lot 385.