. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. tog.âItaly, Victor III, too lire, i923-"2 (.Author's photo) portrait of the king, although impeccable in its plastic treatment, shows little spiritual life. Impassive in its expression, it reveals the inability of the artist to reach beyond physiognomic likeness. The large- sized letters of the inscription overcrowd the field, depriving the coin of any esthetic Fig. no.âItalian Somaliland, Victor Emmanull III, to lire, 1925 -"^ (Div. of .\umismalics photo) The reverse types of the 100- and 20-lire pieces of
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. tog.âItaly, Victor III, too lire, i923-"2 (.Author's photo) portrait of the king, although impeccable in its plastic treatment, shows little spiritual life. Impassive in its expression, it reveals the inability of the artist to reach beyond physiognomic likeness. The large- sized letters of the inscription overcrowd the field, depriving the coin of any esthetic Fig. no.âItalian Somaliland, Victor Emmanull III, to lire, 1925 -"^ (Div. of .\umismalics photo) The reverse types of the 100- and 20-lire pieces of 1923 (fig. 109) present a novel emblem in Italian gold coinage. The simplicity of the Roman fasces and the lictorian ax would have been more impressive if not disrupted by the bold inscription. The same tendency to use oversize lettering to indicate the denomination is characteristic of Motti. Apparently he believed that the indication of value â 'â " The only rclialjlc information availaljle about the other- wise unknown and complicated backstage operations involved in the planning, preparing, and striking of coins, and about the activity of persons involved in this process, is in the series of articles written by Mario Lanfranco, the former director of the Roman mint. .See under in literature cited. 2⢠Lanfranco, (1931), p. 237. 27' BD.\f, vol. 8, p. 84. 2'2 Pagani, Mimete ilaliaiu, coin 957; D'inokrti, (1956), p. 128. -^ Pagani, Monde ilalitinr, coin 1302. 50 BULLETIN 229: CONTRIBI^TIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY .AND TECHNOLOGY. 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 perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print.
Size: 2249px × 1111px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorun, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectscience
