- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | DB01-0112 |
| Description: | 2 Lire |
| Country or State: | Kingdom of Italy (17 March 1861 - 18 June 1946) |
| Year: | 1923 |
| 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: | Bust right (King Vittorio Emanuele III) |
| Obverse Legend: | · VITTORIO · EMANUELE · III · RE · D'ITALIA · |
| Reverse: | Axe head within fasces with value at left |
| Reverse Legend: | BVONO DA 2 LIRE |
| Designer: | Publio Morbidicci |
| Engraver: | Attilio Silvio Motti |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Mint Mark: | R (Rome) |
| Composition: | Nickel (Ni) 99.0% |
| Diameter: | 29.00 mm |
| Weight: | 10.000 grams (0.2684 oz.) |
| Mintage: | 32,260,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 63; Gigante: 105; Pagani: 741 |
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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. |
