2 Euros Donatello

Commemorative issue

550th Anniversary of the Death of Donatello

Obverse

The design depicts, in the foreground on the left, a portrait of David, being a detail of the bronze sculpture by Donatello. At centre top, the mintmark ‘R’; on the right, the name of the issuing country ‘SAN MARINO’; at bottom right, the inscription ‘Donatello’, the dates ‘1466-2016’ and, in the centre, the initials of the artist ‘MB’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
R
SAN
MARINO
DONATELLO
1466-2016
MB

Engraver: Matthew Bonaccorsi

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 EURO
LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Finely reeded with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 *" or "* 2" alternately upright and inverted.

Lettering: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 *

© Cyrillius

Mint

Comments

Donatello was an Italian sculptor, a drawer and an goldsmith who died in Florence on the 13th December 1466. He ranks as the father of Florentine Renaissance together with Filippo Brunelleschi and Masaccio. On the 2 euro commemorative coin is reproduced an image of David, the bronze statue made by Donatello which dates back to 1440 and can be admired in the Museum Bargello in Florence. The young boy is the famous biblical hero who won the battle against the giant Golia and is represented completely naked, with the hat and a sword in his right hand. The coin underlines the natural expression of the face.

Present in sets

• 2016 San Marino Proof Set

See also

• Sculpture
• Map
• Death anniversary

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