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MATTEO DE PASTI, 1441-1467/68.

4 Sigismondo Malatesta, 1417-1468. Cast bronze medal 1446. (Ø 80,2 mm; 226,43 gr) SIGISMVNDVS
PANDVLFVS MALATESTA PAN F PONTIFICII EXER IMP. Bust left, wearing surcoat over cuirass //
Female figure (Fortitude) wearing crown, cuirass, and long tunic, seated to front in a meadow on a seat,
sides of which are formed by foreparts of elephants ; holding in both hands a broken column. M CCCC
XLVI, below. Two suspension holes. Extremely fine contemporary cast 10.000.-
Armand I, p. 20, n°11 (Ø 83 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 41, n°180 (Ø 79-81 mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°61 var. (Ø
82 mm).

Provenance: Collection A. M.
Auction Sternberg XIX, Zurich (Switzerland), 18 November 1987, lot n°1196.

BARTOLOMEO MELIOLI, 1448-1514.

5 Clara Gonzaga, Countess of Montpensier, 1464-1503. Uniface cast bronze medal, undated (around
1481). (Ø 59,6 mm; 49,58 gr.) CLARA DE GONZ COMITI MONTPENSERII ET DELPHINA ALVIE.
Bust right, wearing coif, tied under chin, over veil falling to back ; bodice cut square in front over
chemise. Truncation hollowed. Pearled border. Suspension hole.
Almost extremely fine contemporary or early cast 200.-

Armand II, p. 85, n°5 (Ø 58 mm); Hill, Corpus I, p. 49, n°200 (Ø 58-60mm); Hill & Pollard (Kress Coll.) n°70 (Ø 58 mm).
Provenance: Collection A. M.

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