Bust of Ceres, as an allegory of Italy, taken from the fresco `Venus, Juno and Ceres` painted by the school of Raffaello Sanzio after drawings in the maestro`s hand for the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche of Villa Farnesina in Rome. Above the left shoulder of Ceres is the name of the author.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
A.MASINI (Translation: Italian Republic)
Reverse description
Detail from the `Abduction of Europa` by Veronese, displayed at the Capitoline Picture Gallery in Rome, surrounded at right by the twelve stars of Europe. At left of the figure the value, the date and the mintmark.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
PRESIDENZA ITALIANA CONSIGLIO UNIONE
EUROPEA
5
EURO
R
2014 (Translation: Italian Presidency at the Council of the European Union)