Depicts a half-bust of Vittorio Emanuele III facing right surrounded by legend. Engraver's name below.

Vittorio Emanuele III Re d'Italia (Italian) means Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy.

Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III; 1869–1947) served as the King of Italy from July 29, 1900, until his abdication on May 9, 1946. His nearly 46-year reign saw Italy's involvement in two World Wars and the rise and fall of Italian Fascism. Abdicating in 1946 in favor of his son Umberto II to bolster monarchy support against a successful referendum to abolish it, Victor Emmanuel went into exile in Alexandria, Egypt, where he died and was buried in 1947. Known as "Il Re soldato" (The Soldier King) for leading Italy in both world wars and "Il Re vittorioso" (The Victorious King) after Italy's First World War victory, he was also nicknamed "Sciaboletta" ("little saber") due to his height of 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in).

Denomination in Arabic and Italian below the crown, date below, country name in Italian above surrounded by a wreath of flowers on both sides. The mint mark (R) above the date. "Prova" (a coin prototype) upper left.

The Savoy Crown was created at the time when the House of Savoy attained royal status as the official crown of the Kingdom of Sardinia or Piedmont-Sardinia. Originally, it served as the central piece in a set of crown jewels, unfortunately, all of which were destroyed during the war with France when Napoleon invaded Piedmont and captured Turin. This event led to the House of Savoy relocating to Sardinia. Subsequently, the Savoy Crown was neither replaced nor replicated, and coronations for Savoy monarchs ceased. Despite this, the image of the Savoy Crown persisted throughout the existence of the Kingdom of Italy.