Italy 20 Lire - Victor Emmanuel III, 1903

20 Lire from Italy. Issued in 1903. Struck in Gold plated bronze. Measures 21 mm and weighs 3.39 g.

Obverse

Head of King Vittorio Emanuele II facing right. At left the monogram EB of the engraver.

Reverse

Two female standing figures: the one on the left, with helmet and tunic, is the goddess Minerva holding a long stick in her right hand; the right is Agriculture with a sheaf of wheat in her right hand and an olive branch in her left. At right of the figures the crowned Savoy Coat of arms, with the Collare dell'Annunziata. At the left the value and the date in roman numbers. (Kingdom of Italy
MCMIII (1903))

Edge

Reeded