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5 Euros Frascati and Amatriciana
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | A Roman aqueduct adorned with characteristic maritime pines of the Lazio landscape spans the upper portion of the field, while the lower register features marine motifs inspired by the mosaics of the Baths of Neptune at Ostia Antica. The central legend SAPORI D'ITALIA graphically divides the field horizontally. The denomination 5 EURO appears at the upper left, with the Rome Mint mark R and the date 2023 positioned at the bottom of the field. |
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| Mintage | 2023 R - BU Coincard - 10,000 |
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Italy's "Sapori e Piaceri d'Italia" collector series, of which this piece is part, was launched to celebrate regional culinary traditions — an unusual mandate for a national mint more accustomed to commemorating battles and statesmen. Frascati, the white wine from the Castelli Romani hills southeast of Rome, and Amatriciana, the tomato-and-guanciale pasta sauce originating in Amatrice, are paired here as emblems of Lazio's food culture.
Amatrice itself was largely destroyed in the August 2016 earthquake, which killed nearly 300 people and reduced much of the historic town to rubble.