Feature: The 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri
Description: The design by Annalisa Masini shows a
portrait of Dante, taken from a fresco by Botticelli. At the right of
the portrait, the inscription ‘DANTE’ on a vertical axis. At the right
of the inner centre, the name of the issuing country ‘SAN MARINO’ in
semi-circle. Between these two inscriptions, the mint mark ‘R’, the
years ‘1265’ and ‘2015’ and the initials of the artist ‘AM’. The
lettering style used in identifying the nation and the coin's subject
was inspired by lettering in the first copies of the Divina Commedia
(Dante’s Divine Comedy). The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the
European Union.
