San Marino

2010

Commemorative coin

500th anniversary of the death of Sandro Botticelli

Official Journal of the European Union

The inner part of the coin depicts Pleasure, a detail of one of the three dancing Graces, freely inspired by the painting ‘La Primavera’ of Sandro Botticelli. On the top the year ‘2010’. On the left the name of the issuing country ‘SAN MARINO’ and the mint mark ‘R’ and on the right the initial ‘m’ of the author Roberto Mauri. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

The coin pays tribute to the important Italian painter and draughtsman of the early Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). The coin depicts a goddess of grace - a detail of the painting Primavera ("Spring") created around 1482. This painting is one of the best known and most frequently reproduced works of Western art. It deals with the awakening of nature, accompanied by flowery, lightly veiled graces in a paradisiacal landscape.

Edge lettering

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