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two silver medals depicting a man and a woman on a horse
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628 - Kingdom. Victor Emmanuel III, silver medal, 1930, commemorat…
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Estimate €300
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Kingdom. Victor Emmanuel III, silver medal, 1930, commemorating the two-thousandth anniversary of Virgil’s death. Designed by Giuseppe Romagnoli, 50 mm Obverse: SALVE MAGNA PARENS FRVGVM SATVRNIA TELLVS MAGNA VIRVM Virgil seated on a throne, in three-quarter profile to the left, crowned by a flying female figure to the right above him; Rome standing behind, holding a shield and spear; allegories of fertility and pastoral life on the left; G • ROMAGNOLI below. Reverse: TV REGERE IMPERIO POPVLOS ROMANE MEMENTO Ancius, an elderly man draped in a cloak, standing on the left, pointing towards the horizon; with Aeneas, in a tunic and cuirass, holding a spear and shield, standing on a hill, facing the glorious figures of the Roman Empire arranged in a group before him; VOTA • BIS • MILLESIMA • FELICITER • MCMXXX • A • VIII • E • F in three lines below. Ref: Casolari, VIII, 85. Grading: PCGS MS 66 Condition: FDC. Proof.
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Auction time 10/16/2026 at 1:00 PM
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