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1966.137.27.b

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Victor Emmanuel I

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Artist

Amadeo Lavy (1777 - 1864)

Title

Victor Emmanuel I

Creation Date

1814

Century

19th century

Dimensions

2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.137.27.b

Object Description

226 VICTOR EMMANUEL I (1759-1824), King of Sardinia, 1802-21 1814

Obv. Bust to right. Around, VICTORIVS EMMANVEL; below, A . LAVY F .
Rev. City tyche of Turin, holding a shield with a bull on it, kneels before Victor Emmanuel. Around, ADVENTVS REGIS; on listel, A . LAVY F . ; in exergue, AVG . TAVRINORVM | AN . MDCCCXIV
Bronze, struck, 52 mm.

Commemorates the return of King Victor Emmanuel I to Turin in 1814, following the fall of Napoleon.

Bibl.: Forrer 3, pp. 348-49.