Bust of Gabriele D’Annunzio facing right. Name of the author below bust.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
L. DE SIMONI (Translation: Italian Republic)
Reverse description
Veiled and winged woman holding a branch over her head in center, partially inside a ring together with the value, the mintmark and the dates of the anniversary. The woman represent the figurehead of the Italian Navy cruiser `Puglia`, now conserved in the park of the Vittoriale (The villa on the Garda Lake where D`Annunzio lived). Behind the figure is a series of branches of laurel with above a well known phrase of the poet.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
IO HO | QUELCHE HO | DONATO
1863 2013
5 EURO
R
GABRIELE D`ANNUNZIO
Edge
Continuous coarse milled.
Mint
R Rome, Italy (476-date)
Mintage
2013 R - BU - In BU sets only - 12 000 2013 R - Proof - In Proof Sets only - 2 820