Three half-timbered houses from Le Vieux Mans in the upper section and a detail of the masonry of the Gallo-Roman wall in the lower section. This wall, dating from the late 3rd century, has a double facing composed on both sides of small-scale masonry in regular courses, with alternating courses of rubble and rows of bricks. The builders played on the color of the rubble to create a certain polychromy in the purely geometric decoration: lozenges, triangles, pointed circles, chevrons and Xs.
Obverse lettering
LE
VIEUX MANS
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
On the periphery the word France written in eight languages. Circle made of France 2010 at 12 o`clock and 27 stars. In the center, building of the Monnaie de Paris in a hexagon.
Reverse lettering
FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~ צָרְפַת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ Франция FRANCE 2010 MONNAIE DE PARIS EVM
Reverse script
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
