. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. ID.— Rkithmc, pattern scudo of 5 lire, year 2 [1803] 23 (Photo from Pagani) for the coinage of the Italian I-lei)ul)lic striick Ije- tween 1803 and 1804 (fig. 10), though unsigned, are mainly his * An excellent feeling for ornamentation, for those little details which fill the field in counterbalance to the surrounding inscription, distinguishes his work. Harmoniously designed, these patterns some- times show, especially in the medium-sized coins, a distinct tendency to oppose compactly filled ob- verses with sparsely in
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. ID.— Rkithmc, pattern scudo of 5 lire, year 2 [1803] 23 (Photo from Pagani) for the coinage of the Italian I-lei)ul)lic striick Ije- tween 1803 and 1804 (fig. 10), though unsigned, are mainly his * An excellent feeling for ornamentation, for those little details which fill the field in counterbalance to the surrounding inscription, distinguishes his work. Harmoniously designed, these patterns some- times show, especially in the medium-sized coins, a distinct tendency to oppose compactly filled ob- verses with sparsely inscribed Fig. II.—Kingdom of Italy, \ I. pattern 40 lire, 1807 -'5 (Phoio IVom Pagani) From 1806 and 1807 date his patterns for the re- verse of Napoleon's gold coinage of 40 and 20 lire (fig. 11). The massive coat of arms, with the shields -' CNI, vol. .S, p. 416, coin 4; Pagani, Prove e progelli, coin 436. -' Cj\l, vol. 5, pp. 415-418, coins 1-28; F. and E. , pp. 203-206; , L'Italia nei cento mini, vol. 1, pp. 96-97; Carbonkri, p. 116; , Rnoluzione Francese, coins 131-150; Pagani, Prove e progelli, coins 433-466. " F. and E. Gnecchi, p. 209, coins 1-2; , coins of the many siibjugaied Italian principalities as center design and the surrounding inscription look- ing like a forgotten detail pressed in later, is too cumbrous for the limited field of the coin. Never- theless, the project won Napoleon's approval and for eight years this reverse, joined to Manfredini's obverse, was the emblem of the French Emperor's Italian coinage. In his earlier years Salvirch used a more balanced arrangement in his compositions. A good example is the scudo of 6 lire of 1800 engraved for the epheme- ral Cisalpine Republic (fig. 12). The allegorical. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfect
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