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5 Euro Antonio Canova
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 5 Euros |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBBLICA ITALIANA U. PERNAZZA |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a central detail of the marble statue Venere Italica by Antonio Canova, housed in the Palatine Gallery in Florence, rendered with classical precision. To the right of the figure, the denomination 5 EURO is inscribed alongside the mint mark R identifying the Rome Mint. To the left, the dates 1822 - 2022 are arranged vertically, commemorating the bicentennial of Canova's death. The peripheral legend ANTONIO CANOVA encircles the design. |
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Issued as part of Italy's ongoing "Eccellenze Italiane" collector series, this coin commemorates the Venetian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757–1822) in the bicentenary year of his death. Canova essentially defined Neoclassical sculpture across Europe, and his workshop in Rome attracted patronage from Napoleon, the papacy, and virtually every ruling house on the continent simultaneously — a commercial and artistic monopoly with few parallels in art history.
The Zecca Roma struck this as a limited collector issue, not intended for circulation.