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10 Euros Antonio Canova
| Issuer | San Marino State Mint |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO LIBERTAS |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a bust-length depiction of the Three Graces — Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia — drawn from Antonio Canova's celebrated neoclassical sculpture of 1812–1816, originally commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte for Josephine and now housed in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. The three female figures are presented in close frontal and profile arrangement, framed by an open curved line at the upper register. The inscriptions CANOVA and 10 EURO appear in the field, along with the engraver's signature R MOMONI and the dual dates 1816 and 2006 referencing the sculpture's completion and the coin's issue year. |
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San Marino's commemorative silver program has long served as a vehicle for celebrating Italian cultural figures that the Republic has no direct historical claim to — Canova being a case in point. Born in Possagno in the Veneto in 1757, Canova spent his most productive decades in Rome and became the dominant figure of Neoclassical sculpture across Europe, with Napoleon among his patrons and the papacy among his clients for the recovery of art looted by French forces.
The 2006 issue falls within a broader San Marino series honoring Italian artists, each struck to the same .925 silver specification.