British and World Historical Medals

Italy, Pier Candido Decembrio, c. 1447-8, a cast bronze medal by Pisanello, bust right wearing tall but soft cap, rev. open book with ties and markers placed on a rocky mount, 76mm (Hill, Corpus 40; BDM IV, 568). A later and darkly patinated after-cast, soft on detail £100-150

Pier Candido Decembrio (1392-1477), humanist and author