| Description : The coin designed by Roberto Mauri pays tribute to the
important Italian painter and draughtsman of the early Renaissance and Humanism, Sandro Botticelli (1445‐1510). Of
outstanding importance is his portrait art, which had a lasting impact on the image of the Medici. His late work bears
emotionally expressive traits with references back to the Gothic. Depicted is the Goddess of Grace ‐ a detail of the
painting Primavera (Spring) created around 1482. This painting is one of the best known and most frequently
reproduced works of Western art. Its theme is the awakening of nature, glided by flower‐bedecked, lightly veiled
graces in a paradisiacal landscape. To the left of the name of the issuing state "SAN MARINO" is the letter "R" the mint
mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome, above the year of issue "2010" and to the
right the initial "m" of the designer. |
