Medal - Opening of the Bari-Brindisi railway line
Features
| Location |
Italy
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals |
| Year | 1865 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 174.20 g |
| Diameter | 71 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 143931 |
| References | Martini/Turricchia V.4# 1794 Rodolfo Martini, Arnaldo Turricchia, Rina La Guardia (ed.); 1999. Catalogo delle medaglie / V. Secoli XVIII-XIX. 4. Regno d'Italia = Catalog of Medals. Comune di Milano, Settore Cultura Musei e Mostre, Milan, Italy. Carlo Crippa; 1997. Le monete di Milano / Volume IV. Dalla dominazione Austriaca alla chiusura della zecca dal 1706 al 1892. Edizioni Crippa Numismatica, Milan, Italy. |
Commemorative issue
Opening of the Bari-Brindisi railway line in 1865
Obverse
Allegorical figure of Italy standing turned right, wearing a turret hat with a star above, holding in the left hand a laurel wreath, at bottom various goods, on the sea background with sailing and steam ships and a train.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
* AUSPICI I MINISTRI * LAMARMORA • LANZA • SELLA • PETITTI • VACCA • NATOLI • JACINI • ANGIOLETTI • TORELLI
DA SUSA A BRINDISI = CHIL. 1156
Engraver: Demetrio Canzani
Reverse
15-line inscription.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 24. MAGGIO 1865 // REGNANDO // VITTORIO EMANUELE II // PER SOLERTE OPERA DELLA COMPAGNIA // DELLE STRADE FERRATE MERIDIONALI // APRIVASI LA LINEA // DI BRINDISI - DA SUSA A TORINO 25 MAGG. 1854. AD ALESSANDRIA // 1° GENN. 1850. A PIACENZA 19. GENN. 1861. // A BOLOGNA 1 LUGL. 1859. AD ANCONA // 12. NOV. 1861. A PESCARA // 18. MAGG. 1863. A FOGGIA 25. AP. 1864. // A BRINDISI // 24. MAGGIO 1865. // - • -
Engraver: Demetrio Canzani
Edge
Plain
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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