Italy, Foundation Medal for the Church of San Francesco, Rimini, 1450, a cast bronze medal by M. de’ Pasti, bust of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta left in plate armour, reverse Alberti’s proposed façade for the church, PRAECL· ARMINI · TEMPLVM · AN · GRATIAE · V · F ·, date below, 40mm (Hill, Corpus, 183; Pollard 47; Arm. I, 21/17; Kress 66; BDM IV, 404; cf. Clifford 14). Obverse a little rubbed, otherwise very fine (£120-150)