Description:
Obverse
Theatre masks representing two New Comedy characters, a young woman and a slave, from a mosaic of the second century AD (Capitoline Museums, Rome); around, the construction plan of a Roman theatre and ‘RI’, the monogram of the Italian Republic; on the left, ‘R’, and on the right, ‘LDS’, the initials of the author Luciana De Simoni; below, ‘184 A. C.’, ‘2016’ and ‘PLAUTO’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, shows the European continent without borders.
Related Coins
1 Denaro - Marino I
Country: Papal States
(Italian states) / Denomination: 1 Denaro
(1)
Year: (882-884) / Material: Silver
1 Grosso - Tomaso Mocenigo (initials)
Country: Republic of Venice
(Italian states) / Denomination: 1 Grosso = 4 Soldini = 32 Denari
(1/5)
Year: (1414-1423) / Material: Silver
2.6 Soldi - Vittorio Amedeo III
Country: Kingdom of Sardinia
(Italian states) / Denomination: 2.6 Soldi (2 Soldi 6 Denari)
(1/48)
Year: 1781-1785 / Material: Silver (.166)
1 Tari - Carlo VI
Country: Kingdom of Naples
(Italian states) / Denomination: 1 Tari = 2 Carlini
(1/6)
Year: 1716 / Material: Silver
2 ½ Baiocchi
Country: Papal States (Fano)
(Italian states) / Denomination: 2 1/2 Baiocco
(0.0025)
Year: 1796-1797 / Material: Copper
1 Giulio - Pius V
Country: Papal States (Ancona)
(Italian states) / Denomination: 1 Giulio
(0.1)
Year: (1566-1572) / Material: Silver
2 Ducati - Carlo III
Country: Kingdom of Sicily
(Italian states) / Denomination: 2 Ducati = 88 Tari = 1 Doppia
(88)
Year: 1723 / Material: Gold (.986)
1 Florino - Giovanni Gaston
Country: Tuscany
(Italian states) / Denomination: 1 Florino
(40/3)
Year: 1723-1736 / Material: Gold (.999)
2 Lire
Country: Republic of Genoa
(Italian states) / Denomination: 2 Lire
(1/4)
Year: 1671-1712 / Material: Silver (.889)
1 Ducatone - Lodovico Manin
Country: Republic of Venice
(Italian states) / Denomination: 1 Ducato = 124 Soldi
(124/20)
Year: (1789-1797) / Material: Gold (.999)