- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | DB01-0103 |
| Description: | 2 Lire |
| Country or State: | Kingdom of Italy (17 March 1861 - 18 June 1946) |
| Year: | 1939, Yr. XVIII |
| Head of State/Ruler: | Vittorio Emanuele III (Full Name: Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia) |
| Reign: | 29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946 (45 years, 284 days) |
| Currency: | Lira |
| Obverse: | Head of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing right. Below the neck the name of the engraver |
| Obverse Legend: | · VITT · EM · III · RE · E · IMP · |
| Reverse: | Eagle in profile, with outstretched wings and head left has fasces with axe in the claws. The eagle is encircled by a laurel wreath made by two branches. Where the branches meet together is present the Shield of Savoy that divides the value below. The date is on the left of the value, while and the mint mark and the year in Fascist Era are right |
| Reverse Legend: | ITALIA, 1939, L. 2, XVIII, R |
| Edge: | Reeded |
| Designer: | Giuseppe Romagnoli |
| Engraver: | Pietro Giampaoli |
| Note: | Magnetic |
| Orientation: | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Mint Mark: | R (Rome) |
| Composition: | Acmonital (Ac) |
| Diameter: | 29.00 mm |
| Thickness: | 2.3 mm |
| Weight: | 10.000 grams |
| Mintage: | 2,900,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 78b, G# 119a |
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Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy. In addition, he claimed the thrones of Ethiopia and Albania as Emperor of Ethiopia and King of the Albanians, which were unrecognised by the Great Powers. During his long reign, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two World Wars. His reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of Italian Fascism. |
