Front view of the Baptistery (built in the XIII century on a project by Benedetto Antelami: one of the greatest architect and sculptor of the Romanesque). Below a circular element that ornate the interior and the name of the author on the right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
R. MAURI (Translation: Italian Republic)
Reverse description
A circular group of decorations of the Baptistery doors, with inside a semicircular space with value, mintmark and date. Decorations are: up the Last Judgement; below, as a frame scenes of the Allegory of Life.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
VIII CENTENARIO DEL BATTISTERO DI
PARMA
50 MILA
LIRE
R 1996 (Translation: VIII Centenary of the Battistero of Parma)