Italy 20 Lire - Victor Emmanuel III, 1912

20 Lire from Italy. Issued in 1912. Struck in Gold (.900). Measures 21 mm and weighs 6.45 g.

Obverse

Bust of King Vittorio Emanuele III in high uniform. Below, at left, a knot in a rectangle.

Reverse

Allegoric figure of agricultural Italy depicted as a women carrying a sheaf of wheat on her left and with her right hand on a plow. The value is in the background left and right of the woman. Below, in the exergue, are the name of the engraver and of the author and the date between mintmark and the Star of Italy.