Italy 2021 The Capital City Roma
The Capital City Roma
Depicts a
detail of the sculpture The Goddess Rome (Dea Roma) in the centre. Above,
arched and adjusted to the edge of the core appears the inscription ROME
CAPITAL and the dates 1871 and 2021, which correspond respectively to the year
of the institution of Rome as the capital of Italy and the year of issue of the
coin. In the left-field appear the initials RI, an acronym for the Italian
Republic, and R, identification of the Mint of Rome, while in the exergue the
initials UP, of the author, appear stylized Uliana Pernazza.
The Goddess
Rome by Angelo Zanelli is located at the centre of the Altar of the Fatherland,
a large votive altar dedicated to the Italian nation, made in honour of the
first king of unified Italy, Victor Emmanuel II in the Venice Pizza in Rome.
Inside an aedicule with gold mosaic background, the goddess stands
proud wearing a Roman peplos and goat’s skin, a helmet and a crown with wolf
heads, a spear in her right hand and the statuette of a winged Victory in her
left. This iconography derives from depictions of Athena, the Greek goddess of
wisdom, who was called Minerva in the Roman world.
UNC coin
from bank roll
Weight - 8.5 g.
Quality - UNC (Uncirculated)
Diameter - 25.75 mm.
Composition -
Bimetallic - nickel brass clad nickel center in copper-nickel ring
Circulation - 250'000
pcs
Country of origin - Italy
Year of release - 2021
