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Centenary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni
| Location | Italy |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter bust of Alessandro Manzoni facing right, wearing a jacket, shirt and bow tie, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The legend curves along the right rim, with the subject's birth and death years displayed in two lines to the lower right of the effigy. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | An elaborate ornamental composition filling the entire field, featuring intricate acanthus scrollwork and volutes populated with multiple figural scenes depicting characters from Manzoni's novel I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed). A central rectangular cartouche bears the inscription, surmounted by a figurative vignette, with additional genre scenes distributed symmetrically throughout the decorative border. |
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