10 Lire - Vittorio Emanuele III

Features

Issuer	Italy
King	Vittorio Emanuele III (1900-1946)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1936-1941
Value	10 Lire (10 ITL)
Currency	Lira (1861-2001)
Composition	Silver (.835)
Weight	10 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 27942
References	KM# 80

Obverse

Head of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing right

Script: Latin 

Lettering: VITTORIO·EMMANUELE·III·RE·E·IMPERATORE 

Translation: VITTORIO EMANUELE III KING AND EMPEROR 

Engraver: Giuseppe Romagnoli 

Reverse

Female figure (allegory of Italy) standing on the prow of a ship, with a small statue of Victory in her left hand and a fasces in her right. Left, the year and the Fascist Era on two lines; at right the mintmark. On the bow of the ship the crowned Shield of Savoy is flanked by two fascis. In exergue the value, with the name of the engraver at right, around the rim.

Script: Latin 

Lettering: 
ITALIA
1936
XIV R
L.10
G. ROMAGNOLI 

Engraver: Giuseppe Romagnoli 

Edge

Lettering incuse between knots and stars

Lettering: FERT FERT FERT 

Translation: 
FERT was the motto of the house of Savoy, adopted by King Vittorio Amedeo II (1666-1732). It is thought to be an acronym, though what it stands for have been lost to time. Theories include:

1. Foedere Et Religione Tenemur (Latin, ‘treaty and religion bind us’)

2. Fortitudo Eius Rempublicam Tenet (Latin, ‘his bravery [or strength] preserves [or defends] the state’)

3. Fides Est Regni Tutela (Latin, ‘faith is the protector of [our] kingdom’)

Another theory suggests that it is in fact the Latin word fert, the third-person singular present active indicative of ferre (Meaning he/she/it suffers/bears), in reference to Jesus bearing the sins of the world. 

© GoldenGarfield

Mint

Comments

Coins dated from 1937 to 1941 are for collectors only and have no legal tender