Self-portrait of Pisanello with dates of anniversary and the author`s name on lower right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
1395 1995
DRIUTTI (Translation: Italian Republic)
Reverse description
Representation of one of the most famous medals realized by Pisanello: that for Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. Ludovico III is figured as a armored knight with a big spherical crest. At sides of the head the heraldic symbols of the sun and the sunflower. In the field, on the left, the value and the mintmark.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
•6° CENTENARIO
•NASCITA•DEL•PISANELLO
5000 LIRE
R (Translation: 6th Century of the birth of Pisanello)