Italy 5 Euros, 2013

5 Euros from Italy. Issued in 2013. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 32 mm and weighs 18 g.

Obverse

Bust of Gabriele D’Annunzio facing right. Name of the author below bust. (Italian Republic)

Reverse

Veiled and winged woman holding a branch over her head in center, partially inside a ring together with the value, the mintmark and the dates of the anniversary. The woman represent the figurehead of the Italian Navy cruiser "Puglia", now conserved in the park of the Vittoriale (The villa on the Garda Lake where D'Annunzio lived). Behind the figure is a series of branches of laurel with above a well known phrase of the poet.

Edge

Continuous coarse milled.