Italy, Ethiopia, King Victor Emmanuel, Commemorates Victory over Ethiopia, AE 33 mm
VITT EM III RE D'ITALIA IMP DI ETIOPIA,
head of King Victor Emmanuel/
AFRICA ORIENTALE, MOLTI NEMICI MOLTO ONORE
("Many enemies much honor"),
fasces, axe, lion's head, mountain, Mussolini's signature
Gill. p. 295
Posted January 2023
Italy, Enrico Fermi, 1901-1954, Italian Physicist, and Alessandro Volta (Vedi Volta), 1745-1827,
AR 35 mm, 1965, for the XI International Congress of Radiology, Rome, Monti
XI I. C. R., XI INTERNATIONALIS CONGRESSVS RADIOLOGIAE ROMAE A D 1965,
the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine/
ALESSANDRO VOLTA, ENRICO FERMI,
busts of A. Volta and E. Fermi
Posted January 2023
Note #1: Enrico Fermi is famous for receiving the 1938 Nobel Prize for his discovery of radioactivity.
Note #2: Alessandro Volta was the discoverer of electricity and inventor of the pylon.
From 1778, he was the Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Pavia.
Italy, Florence, Museum of Physics and Natural History, 1904, AR 60.05g, Opus: Gori
R. MUSEO DI FISICA E STORIA NATURALE DI FIRENZE,
male bust/
A GRAZIANO VALLON, GENNAIO 1904,
in wreath
Posted January 2023
