Italian License Plates
Italy fist issued license plates in 1903 and through 1095, the full name of the provinces and a maximum three digit number was painted in black on a white license plate. From 1905 through 1927, Italian license plates was an oblong metal with a issuing proving number embossed in red and the number in black. For example, a license plate which begins with the red number 53 was issued in the Roma province whereas a license plate beginning with red number 63 was issued in Torino.
It should be noted the font style of Roma was different from the font style of Torino. Licenseplates.tv can make these plates with the varied fronts from different Italian provinces.
Italy Province Code Numbers
| 1 Alessandria | 2 Ancona | 3 L’Aquila | 4 Arezzo |
| 5 Ascoli Piceno | 6 Avellino | 7 Bari | 8 Belluno |
| 9 Benevento | 10 Bergamo | 11 Bologna | 12 Brescia |
| 13 Cagliari | 14 Caltanissetta | 15 Campobasso | 16 Caserta |
| 17 Catania | 18 Catanzaro | 19 Chieti | 20 Como |
| 21 Cosenza | 22 Cremona | 23 Cuneo | 24 Ferrara |
| 25 Firenze | 26 Foggia | 27 Forlì | 28 Genova |
| 29 Agrigento | 30 Grosseto | 31 Lecce | 32 Livorno |
| 33 Lucca | 34 Macerata | 35 Mantova | 36 Massa Carrara |
| 37 Messina | 38 Milano | 39 Modena | 40 Napoli |
| 41 Novara | 42 Padova | 43 Palermo | 44 Parma |
| 45 Pavia | 46 Perugia | 47 Pesaro | 48 Piacenza |
| 49 Pisa | 50 Imperia | 51 Potenza | 52 Ravenna |
| 53 Reggio Calabria | 54 Reggio Emilia | 55 Roma | 56 Rovigo |
| 57 Salerno | 58 Sassari | 59 Siena | 60 Siracusa |
| 61 Sondrio | 62 Teramo | 63 Torino | 64 Trapani |
| 65 Treviso | 66 Udine | 67 Venezia | 68 Verona |
| 72 Taranto | 70 Pola | 71 La Spezia | 72 Taranto |
| 73 Trento | 74 Trieste | 75 Zara | 76 Fiume |
Italian License Plates Current Origin Codes
The table below shows the letter codes of all Italian provinces used on license plates from 1925 through 1995 and 1999 to present. Please note the letter codes in grey are not presently used due to the consolidation of provinces.
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AG |
Agrigento |
AL |
Alessandria |
AN |
Ancona |
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AO |
Aosta |
AP |
Ascoli Piceno |
AQ |
L’Aquila |
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AR |
Arezzo |
AT |
Asti |
AU |
Apuania |
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AV |
Avellino |
BA |
Bari |
BG |
Bergamo |
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BI |
Biella |
BL |
Belluno |
BN |
Benevento |
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BO |
Bologna |
BR |
Brindisi |
BS |
Brescia |
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BZ |
Bolzano |
CA |
Cagliari |
CB |
Campobasso |
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CE |
Caserta |
CG |
Castrogiovanni |
CH |
Chieti |
|
CL |
Caltanisetta |
CN |
Cuneo |
CO |
Como |
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CR |
Cremona |
CS |
Cosenza |
CT |
Catania |
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CU |
Cuneo |
CZ |
Catanzaro |
EN |
Enna |
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FC |
Forlì-Cesena |
FE |
Ferrara |
FG |
Foggia |
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FI |
Firenze |
FM |
Fiume |
FO |
Forlì |
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FR |
Frosinone |
FU |
Fiume |
GE |
Genova |
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GI |
Girgenti |
GO |
Gorizia |
GR |
Grosseto |
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IM |
Imperia |
IS |
Isernia |
KR |
Crotone |
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LC |
Lecco |
LE |
Lecce |
LI |
Livorno |
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LO |
Lodi |
LT |
Latina |
LU |
Lucca |
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MC |
Macerata |
ME |
Messina |
MI |
Milano |
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MN |
Mantova |
MO |
Modena |
MS |
Massa Carrara |
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MT |
Matera |
NA |
Napoli |
NO |
Novara |
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NU |
Nuoro |
OR |
Oristano |
PA |
Palermo |
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PC |
Piacenza |
PD |
Padova |
PE |
Pescara |
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PG |
Perugia |
PI |
Pisa |
PL |
Pola |
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PN |
Pordenone |
PO |
Prato |
PR |
Parma |
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PS |
Pesaro |
PT |
Pistoia |
PU |
Pesaro-Urbino |
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PU |
Perugia |
PV |
Pavia |
PZ |
Potenza |
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RA |
Ravenna |
RC |
Reggio Calabria |
RE |
Reggio Emilia |
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RG |
Ragusa |
RI |
Rieti |
RN |
Rimini |
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RO |
Rovigo |
ROMA |
Roma |
SA |
Salerno |
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SI |
Siena |
SO |
Sondrio |
SP |
La Spezia |
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SR |
Siracusa |
SS |
Sassari |
SV |
Savona |
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TA |
Taranto |
TE |
Teramo |
TN |
Trento |
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TO |
Torino |
TP |
Trapani |
TR |
Terni |
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TS |
Trieste |
TV |
Treviso |
UD |
Udine |
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VA |
Varese |
VB |
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola |
VC |
Vercelli |
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VE |
Venezia |
VI |
Vicenza |
VR |
Verona |
|
VT |
Viterbo |
VV |
Vibo Valentia |
ZA |
Zara |
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