Depicts a mythological scene from a mosaic in Sparta (3rd century AD), showing the young princess Europa, the daughter of the Phoenician King Agenor, being abducted by Zeus in the shape of a bull. A representation of the myth of the Abduction of Europa is accompanied by the legend "Europa" and the facial value and encircled by the twelve stars of Europe.

Sign of Athens Mint (stylized acanthus leaf) stands on all coins of Greece, regardless of the origin of the coins.

Engraver: Georgios Stamatopoulos (ΓΣ)

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.”

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