| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
| Value | 2 Euros |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring |
| Weight | 8.5 g |
| Dimensions | 25.75 mm |
| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Luciana De Simoni Reverse: Luc Luycx |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#392, Schön#383 |
| Obverse description | 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. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | RI R LDS 184 A.C. 2016 PLAUTO |
| Reverse description | A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 2 EURO LL |
| Edge | Finely reeded with “2” and star, repeated six times, |
| Mint | R Rome, Italy (476-date) |
| Mintage | 2016 R - - 1 500 000 2016 R - BU set - 23 000 2016 R - Proof: 7000 in single case and 3000 In Proof set - 10 000 |
| Catalog ID | 7686465150 |
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