Description:
Obverse
A female head representing Italy inside a toothed wheel. Together with the wheel there are other elements that symbolize the Italian state: the star (behind the head) and two branches, one of oak and one of olive (below the head)
Reverse
Inside a toothed wheel one of the Dioscuri, a statue group located in the Piazza del Quirinale, Rome.
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