Object Description
4 SIGISMONDO PANDOLFO MALATESTA (1417- 68), Lord of Rimini and Fano, inherited Rimini, 1432 1446
Obv. Bust to left. Around, SIGISMONDVS . P . D . MALATESTIS . S . R . ECL . C . GENERALIS .
Rev. Casque with coronet on a tilting shield with mono- gram SI . . Elephant-head crest and mantling. Below, . M CCCC XLVI .
Bronze, old aftercast, 40 mm.
Calabi and Cornaggia say the SI emblem stands for Sigismundus Imperator, but it is generally thought to be the initials of Sigismondo and Isotta. The initials are used extensively in the Tempio Malatestiano.
Bibl.: Corpus, no. 166; Arm. i, p. 21,16; Rosati, no. 25; Calabi and Cornaggia, no. 6bis, p. 31; Naples, p. 15; Brescia i, p. 5, no. 39; Tresor Ital. 2, pl. 3,2; de Jonghe sale catalog, Schulman, 24 November 1936, no. 11.