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5 Euro Ulysses, silver
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda (Portuguese Mint) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 5 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Ulysses is depicted in full figure at center, drawing a longbow in the act of archery, clad in classical armour with detailed engraving. He is surrounded by a circular wreath-like border formed by intertwining serpents, rendered with great artistic detail against a radiant sunburst background. The legend 'ULISSES' appears along the upper left rim and 'PORTUGAL' along the upper right rim, with the date '2024' at the right. The engraver's name 'GONÇALO VIANA' is inscribed along the lower left, and 'CASA DA MOEDA' along the lower right. |
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Part of Portugal's ongoing "Treasures of Portuguese Literature" series, this issue honors the Ulysses myth as it threads through Portuguese cultural identity — most directly through Camões and the longstanding legend that Lisbon itself was founded by Odysseus, from which the name "Olisipo" supposedly derives. That etymology is almost certainly false, but it embedded itself deeply enough in Portuguese national mythology to survive two millennia of scrutiny.