Description:
Obverse
Piazza della Minerva, Rome. In the foreground an elephant carrying an ancient obelisk.
Reverse
The elephant of piazza della Minerva in Rome. It was sculpted as a base for the ancient obelisk which was uncovered under the convent annexed to the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
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