San Marino

2017

Commemorative coin

750th anniversary of the birth of Giotto

Official Journal of the European Union

On the left a detail from the clock tower of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, one of Giotto’s architectural works; vertically, the words SAN MARINO, GIOTTO and the dates 1267-2017; on the right a detail from the portrait of Giotto and the abbreviation of the artist Luciana De Simoni (LDS); on the bottom, the letter R, indicating the ‘Zecca’ (mint) of Rome. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) was a Florentine painter and architect of the late Middle Ages, whose work, captivating in its naturalness and spatiality, was a pioneer of the Italian Renaissance. His main work is considered to be the fresco cycle in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, created between 1304 and 1306. As chief architect, he designed the bell tower of Florence Cathedral. In addition to the dates "1267" and "2017" and the name "GIOTTO", the coin shows the "Campanile di Giotto", the inscription "SAN MARINO" and a portrait of Giotto created by Paolo Uccello (1397-1475), now in the Louvre in Paris. Below is the "R" for the Roman mint and on the right the signet "LDS" of the coin designer.

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