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2 euro (Dante)

From 2002　・　nickel　・　21st century　・　Italian Republic

2 euro (Dante)（obverse）obverse
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The reverse is not shown on this page. Only the obverse is pictured.

The Italian national side of the 2 euro bears Dante's profile as painted by Raphael. The 1 euro carries Leonardo's Vitruvian Man, the 10 cent Botticelli's Venus. Not emblems of the state, but memories of a civilisation: the faces on the coins quietly say what this peninsula offers the world.