. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 2.âSariiima. \'ii:tor Emmamel I, si ikId, 1814 ' (PluiUi courtesy American Xumismaiic Socieiv) Works Ironi the earlier |:)eriod of his life can he jndsTCcl as some of Italy's f)est coin dies. The portrait coin of X'ictor Emmanuel I of .Sa\-oy (fit;. 1) and es[X'ciall\ the liiist represented on the half scndo of 1814 (fig-. 2) achiexe excellence thronL;h the of their conception. The sniitletv of details in rendi'r- iiiL; the character of the aqecl monarch, as well as the sense of proportion in the entire compos
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 2.âSariiima. \'ii:tor Emmamel I, si ikId, 1814 ' (PluiUi courtesy American Xumismaiic Socieiv) Works Ironi the earlier |:)eriod of his life can he jndsTCcl as some of Italy's f)est coin dies. The portrait coin of X'ictor Emmanuel I of .Sa\-oy (fit;. 1) and es[X'ciall\ the liiist represented on the half scndo of 1814 (fig-. 2) achiexe excellence thronL;h the of their conception. The sniitletv of details in rendi'r- iiiL; the character of the aqecl monarch, as well as the sense of proportion in the entire composi- tion, confer distinsruished beauty on one of the most remarkable Italian coins of the l''th ceiitiir\. .\ ('.inova portrait medal engraved in ISIO-^ expresses this same simplicit\' and pinit\ of Fig. 3.âEkujania, . Repibiu:, 20 francs or Marensio. vear in [iHojJ '' (Div. (if Numisinalics phnin) As a complement to La\'\'s |M)itrail achievements ma\' he mentioned his allegorical compositions, ol which the Liherty hust on the so-called â 'Marengo" 'CXI, vof 1, p. 440, (iiin 2. * CoMANDlNI, Vllnliii nil ciiili' ,111111, vdf 1, |). 4S2. « C/V7, vof 2, p. 415, coin 3; Vm:.\\\. Mrââi,- ilalvm,-, ruin 2. '"This coin, the fust decimal i "in issurd in â ^liiic k \n accordance with the decree of March 1 i, ISIil (22 \'i-ntnsii. year 'J). It commemorated the victory ol .\apoli cm against the Austrians under General at in the or 20-fr,inc piece of (ti^. 31 is the ijot ex,im|;' The composition of this coin miy lie cnconntered .iKo in .mother of tlie \e,n\ the pieie of (fn;. â ]). ^' \:,^^^- 'T-:. -X-- s:::^ '^'^"-SVTTrre^'' Fig. 4.âEriixwia. .Sriixri'ixi; Rmm iiiic. -, v<-ar 10 [1H02I " (Div. (if \(S |)h(it(i) On this coin the \erli<,il .niMngement of the compo- sition is strenutheneil h\- the massi
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