Feature: European Year of Cultural Heritage — The Laocoön group
Description: The design features the Statue of
Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group, a fundamental work
of the world sculpture, foundational for the Vatican Museums. At the
center bottom, the inscription of the issuing country ‘Città del
VATICANO’. From left to right, in semi-circle, the inscription ‘ANNO
EUROPEO DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE’. At the top right the year of issuance
‘2018’ and the mintmark ‘R’. At the bottom right the name of the artist
‘D. LONGO’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European
Union.
