Bust of former Romanian prime minister Iuliu Maniu facing left. Pyramid behind.
Obverse lettering
EI QVI PACEM LIBERTATEM PATRIAMQUE
DILEXIT · ≑
1873
IVLIV MANIV
IN CAPTIVITATE
MORTVVS EST · 1952
ANASTASE (Translation: He loves peace, liberty, and his country. Died in captivity, 1952.)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Eagle facing right, looking left, with chain around neck and claws, tied to a round medallion with a hammer, sickle, and five-pointed star. Stylised mountains and the contour of the Romanian borders in the background.
Reverse lettering
ROMANIA
IN VINCOLI
1948 (Translation: Romania in chains.)
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)