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Victor Emanuel II
Italian
1878
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 44 mm, 1.23 oz. (1 3/4 in., 35 gm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.164
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Victor Emanuel II (1820-1878), king of Italy.
Obverse: Profile bust of Victor Emanuel looking to proper right with a star underneath; inscribed at edge "VITTORIO EMANUELE II RE D'ITALIA".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "*DIEDE AL SUO POPOLO LIBERTA' E GLORIA*" and within branches "LA VIRTU/DEL PRIMO/RE ITALIANO/TUTTO IL MONDO/ONORA/-·-/ROMA/17 GENNAIO/1878".
Obverse: Profile bust of Victor Emanuel looking to proper right with a star underneath; inscribed at edge "VITTORIO EMANUELE II RE D'ITALIA".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "*DIEDE AL SUO POPOLO LIBERTA' E GLORIA*" and within branches "LA VIRTU/DEL PRIMO/RE ITALIANO/TUTTO IL MONDO/ONORA/-·-/ROMA/17 GENNAIO/1878".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "VITTORIO EMANUELE II RE D'ITALIA".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "*DIEDE AL SUO POPOLO LIBERTA' E GLORIA*" and within branches "LA VIRTU/DEL PRIMO/RE ITALIANO/TUTTO IL MONDO/ONORA/-·-/ROMA/17 GENNAIO/1878".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "*DIEDE AL SUO POPOLO LIBERTA' E GLORIA*" and within branches "LA VIRTU/DEL PRIMO/RE ITALIANO/TUTTO IL MONDO/ONORA/-·-/ROMA/17 GENNAIO/1878".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)