Italy, Kingdom. Vittorio Emanuele III Cast Æ Medallion. Commemorating the 2,000th Anniversary of the birth of Augustus. Dies by Giuseppe Romagnoli. Dated year 15 of the Fascist Era = 1937. DIVVS•AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right; capricorn to right in right field, G. ROMAGNOLI below / VOTA BIS MILLESIMA FELICITER, Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and spear, shield behind, facing Pax, aquilifer and lictor standing to right, before entrance to the Domus Livia, decorated with laurel trees and clippeus engraved OB CIVES SER in three lines; VICTORIO•EMAN•III•REGE•IMP• BENITO•MVSSOLINI•DVCE A•XV•A•F•R• in three lines in exergue. Cf. Casolari XV, 104 (full size medal). 9.28g, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From a private British collection.