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ITALY – ITALIAN REPUBLIC – 500 Lire – Virgil, 1981 R SUP/FDC…
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95
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ITALY – ITALIAN REPUBLIC – 500 Lire – Virgil, 1981 R SUP/FDC…
See original version (French)
Estimate CHF 10 - CHF 20
Voluntary lot
Description
ITALY – ITALIAN REPUBLIC – 500 Lire – Virgil, 1981 R SUP/FDC.
Commemorative issue: 2,000th anniversary of the death of the Latin poet Virgil (70–19 BC).
Obverse: Portrait of Virgil wearing a laurel wreath, facing left. Inscription: ‘REPVBBLICA ITALIANA - P. VERGILIVS M MM POST
ANNOS’. Signature: CRETARA, for the engraver Laura Cretara.
Reverse: A stylised tree separating an ox, symbolising agricultural labour, and a horse, evoking
epic poetry. Dates 19 BC – 1981, face value L.500 and mint mark R for Rome.
Gross weight: 11.00 g.
Metal and fineness: 835 silver.
Diameter: 29.3 mm
Edge: inscription in relief ‘REPVBBLICA ITALIANA’
Mint: Rome
Mintage: 340,988 copies
Condition: FDC.
References: KM# 110; Gigante# 418; Montenegro# 11.
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About the sale
Numismatic sales & collectible coins
Auction location
Auction time
11/06/2026 at 1:00 PM
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