Italy 5 Euros, 2014

5 Euros from Italy. Issued in 2014. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 32 mm and weighs 18 g.

Obverse

Bust of Ceres, as an allegory of Italy, taken from the fresco "Venus, Juno and Ceres" painted by the school of Raffaello Sanzio after drawings in the maestro's hand for the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche of Villa Farnesina in Rome. Above the left shoulder of Ceres is the name of the author. (Italian Republic)

Reverse

Detail from the "Abduction of Europa" by Veronese, displayed at the Capitoline Picture Gallery in Rome, surrounded at right by the twelve stars of Europe. At left of the figure the value, the date and the mintmark. (Italian Presidency at the Council of the European Union)

Edge

Continuous coarse milled.