Reproduction of Castel del Monte, surrounded by the 12 stars of the European Union. On the upper side 2002, on the bottom centre overlapping letters 'R' and 'I'; on the bottom left the letter 'R'; on the bottom right the engraver's initials, the overlapping letters 'ED'.

Castel del Monte is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by the Emperor Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. In the 18th century, the castle's interior marbles and remaining furnishings were removed. It has neither a moat nor a drawbridge and some considered it never to have been intended as a defensive fortress; however, archaeological work has suggested that it originally had a curtain wall. Described by the Enciclopedia Italiana as "the most fascinating castle built by Frederick II", the site is protected as a World Heritage Site.

Engraver: Eugenio Driutti

A globe, next to the facial value, shows Europe in relation to Africa and Asia.

Engraver: Luc Luycx