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50 Euro - Benedictus XVI Apollo Belvedere - Augustus of Prima Porta
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 50 Euros |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing portrait bust of Pope Benedict XVI wearing the papal zucchetto, rendered in high relief with finely detailed facial features and vestments. The engravers' signatures O. ROSSI and COLANERI INC. appear in the lower right field. A circular legend surrounds the effigy, reading BENEDICTVS XVI P.M. along the lower arc and MMIX along the upper left, denoting the pontifical year in Roman numerals. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Augustus of Prima Porta, the celebrated ancient Roman marble statue, rendered in finely detailed high relief and set within a stylised architectural arch framed by columns. The emperor is shown in a commanding contrapposto stance, right arm raised in adlocutio gesture and left arm draped in a paludamentum, with a small Cupid figure visible at his feet. The legend CITTA DEL VATICANO arcs across the upper field, while the denomination EURO 50 appears to the lower left, accompanied by the mint mark R in the exergue. |
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