Italian Somaliland rupia

Four bese
Vittorio Emanuele III; below L. GIORGI (Luigi Giorgi, engraver) Denomination and date in four lines.
Æ; Rome mint, 1909

The Somali rupia (plural: rupie, Somali: روپيا) was the currency in Italian Somaliland from 1909 to 1925. It was subdivided into 100 bese (singular: besa, Somali: بيزا).


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