8th Congress of Italian Scientists in Genoa Cristoforo Colombo
Features
| Location |
Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
(Italian States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Event medals |
| Year | 1846 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 102 g |
| Diameter | 51 mm |
| Thickness | 5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 27059 |
| References | Martini/Turricchia V.3# 1736 Rodolfo Martini, Arnaldo Turricchia, Rina La Guardia (ed.); 1999. Catalogo delle medaglie / V. Secoli XVIII-XIX. 3. Stati Ialiani (1815-1860): Regno di Sardegna. Regno Lombardo-Veneto. Ducato di Modena e Reggio. Ducato di Parma e Piacenza. Repubblica di San Marino. Granducato di Toscana. Regno delle Due Sicilie = Catalog of Medals. Comune di Milano, Settore Cultura Musei e Mostre. Giovanni Battista Camozzi Vertova, Cesare Correnti (ed.), Gaspare Gorresio (ed.); 1886. Catalogo degli oggetti esposti nel padiglione del Risorgimento Italiano / Parte I. Medagliere = Catalog of the Objects Exhibited in the Italian Unification Pavillion. Fratelli Dumolard, Milan, Italy. Josef Brettauer, Eduard Holzmair; 1937. Medicina in nummis: Sammlung Dr. Josef Brettauer. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria. Horatio Robinson Storer, Malcolm Storer (ed.); 1931. Medicina in nummis: A descriptive list of the coins, medals, jetons relating to medicine, surgery and the allied sciences. Self-published, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Russell Alphonse Rulau; 1989. Discovering America: The Coin Collecting Connection. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. Nathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published. |
Commemorative issue
8th Congress of Italian Scientists in Genoa
Obverse
Bust facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: Cristoforo Colombo
Translation: Christopher Columbus
Engraver: Giuseppe Girometti
Reverse
3-line inscription with date.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GENOVA
AGLI SCIENZIATI ITALIANI
1846
Translation: Genoa, to the Italian scientists
Engraver: Giuseppe Girometti
Mint
Stabilimento Stefano Johnson S.p.A. / Johnson Medaglie, Milan, Italy (1836-2019)Comments
Event name in Italian: VIII Congresso degli Scienziati Italiani a Genova
Avignone 137, Comandini pag. 1235, CV 779, Johnson Medaglia IV pag. 68 n° 61
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