King and duce, two sides of the same coin: numismatic iconography in Vittorio Emanuelle III s reign

• Grant number: 23/03418-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2023
• End date: November 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Archeology - Historical Archaeology
• Principal Investigator: Vagner Carvalheiro Porto
• Grantee: Pedro Mangeti Zaninetti
• Host Institution: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This paper aims to study the iconography of coins over the four decades of the reign of Vittorio Emanuele III, the last de facto king of Italy. Through memory and historical context of the events of the Risorgimento, of Vittorio II, Umberto I, the Great War and Mussolini's ventennio, the Italian coins of the period offer a vast resource for understanding how war, nationalism and classical antiquity formed a cultural repertoire that circulated hand in hand in everyday life.