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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, about 1420–after 1420)

about 1451–56

Place of ManufactureItaly

Medium/TechniqueMetal; cast bronze

DimensionsOverall: 81 mm, 0.3 kg (3 3/16 in., 260 gm)

Credit LineLucy Stone Brewer Fund

Accession number23.206

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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Europe

InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "SIGISMVNDVS·PANDVLFVS·DE·MALATESTIS·S·RO·ECLESIE·C·GENERALIS". Reverse: Inscribed below "*M·CCCC".ProvenanceBy 1875, C.C. Perkins, Boston; 1909, transferred from C.C. Perkins to Charles B. Perkins, Boston; 1923, sold by Charles B. Perkins to the MFA for $1000 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 5, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 23.202-209 were acquired together for $1000.