LARGE RENAISSANCE MEDAL: Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, laureate, in armor
"a tyrant and a womanizer: he delved in "rape, adultery, and incest".The Medal:
[Renaissance Medal]: Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatest Matteo de' Pasti (Italian, Verona ca. 1420–after 1467 Rimini)
model 1454–60 (cast date uncertain). inscription: Inscribed on the obverse: SIGISMVNDVS ·PANDVLFVS · MALATESTA · PAN · F; inscribed on the
reverse: CASTELLVM · SISMVNDVM · ARIMINENSE ·M · CCCC · XLVI. As depicted. 80 mm. diameter.See copy in the Met: Pandolfo Malatesta (19 June 1417 – 7 October 1468), popularly known as the Wolf of Rimini, was an Italian condottiero and nobleman, a member of the House of Malatesta and lord of Rimini, Fano, and Cesena from 1432. He was widely considered by his contemporaries as one of the most daring military leaders in Italy and commanded the Venetian forces in the 1465 campaign against the Ottoman Empire. He was also a poet and patron of the arts."[Wikipedia]