The Coins and Medals Collection of the National Roman Museum

The Numismatic Collection of Vittorio Emanuele III

On 9 May 1946, Victor Emmanuel III, who was about to go into exile, wrote to the then-Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi stating his desire to leave his collection of coins to the Italian people.

Held at the Quirinal Palace and then at the Italian Institute of Numismatics, the collection was transferred to the National Roman Museum by means of a Decree-Law of 5 November 1968. It was moved to the Museum and acquired by the Coin and Medal Collection in July 1971.

The collection represents a unique record of extraordinary historical and economic interest: it comprises more than 110.000 Italian minted coins, from the medieval and modern eras, and a significant number of monetary weights, proofs and mint scraps.

Kingdom of the Lombards. Gold tremisse with portrait of the sovereign, 7th century AD Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Patriarchate of Aquileia. Silver denarius of Volchero (Wolfger von Erla) with temple (reverse), 1204-before 1212 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Lordship of Camerino. Silver gross with anchored cross (obverse), ca. 1458-1470 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Marquisate of Montferrat. Gold 4 ducat coin depicting a crouching deer (reverse), 1494-1518 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Principality of Massa. Gold 2 doppia coin with portrait of Prince Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina (obverse), 1588 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Duchy of Mirandola. Silver ducatone with depiction of Fortune (reverse), 1617 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Papal States. Gold quadruple with portrait of Pope Urban VIII (obverse), 1634 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Principality of Bozzolo. Gold 4 doppia coin with portrait of Prince Scipione Gonzaga (obverse), 1639 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Papal States. Silver half piastra depicting the Port of Ripetta in Rome (reverse), 1706 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Papal States. Silver bianco with standard-bearing lion (reverse), 1686 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum

Kingdom of Sardinia. Silver 5 lire coin with portrait of King Charles Felix (1821-1831) (obverse), 1821 Coin and Medal Collection of the National Roman Museum