Depicts an effigy of Giovanni Pascoli, his name below. Year of his death on the left, date of issue on the right. The mintmark R (Rome) and engraver's initials on the left, monogram RI of the Italian Republic on the right. Around the outer ring the 12 stars of the European Union.

Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

The sequence "2 ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted