20 euro 700th Anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri: Paradise

Obverse: profile of Dante Alighieri, detail inspired by a painting by Sandro Botticelli (private collection). Around, the inscription “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA” with a star at its end.

Reverse: depiction of Paradise with the sky, the sun, the stars and a detail from the Giotto’s fresco “Angels of Paradise” in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua appearing on a bed of clouds; around, “L’AMOR CHE MOVE IL SOLE E L’ALTRE STELLE” (love that moves the sun and the other stars) the closing verse of the cantica of Paradise. On the right, the value “20 EURO”; on the left, “2023”, the year of the coin’s issue; below, “R”, identifying the Mint of Rome, and the name of the designer “MOMONI”. Coin with coloured elements.