5 Centesimos of Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy from Rome

1940

Medium: Aluminum-Bronze
Dimensions: 2.85 g, 6:00, 19.3 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.31634
Geography: Made in Rome, Italy
Culture: Italian
Period: Kingdom of Italy
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: VITT. EM. III RE E IMP. portrait bust r.

Reverse Description: ITALIA / 1940 XVIII / C 5, Roman eagle with wings outstreached holding fasces in talons

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Object copyright

Additional information

centesimi, coins, money

Mint Mark: R, Engraving of engraver in field.

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