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  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 619, San Marino, 500th Anniversary of Death of Luca Signorelli
  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 619, San Marino, 500th Anniversary of Death of Luca Signorelli
  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 619, San Marino, 500th Anniversary of Death of Luca Signorelli, Coincard
Description

Luca Signorelli (c. 1441/1445 – 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece.

In his early 40s he returned to live in Cortona, after working in Florence, Siena and Rome (1478–84, painting a now-lost section of the Sistine Chapel). With an established reputation, he remained based in Cortona for the rest of his life, but often travelled to the cities of the region to fulfill commissions.

Obverse

Depicts an angel from Signorelli's fresco "The Elect In Paradise" (1499-1504), from the Chapel of the Madonna di San Brizio, surrounded by the artist and state names. Dates of the painter's death and issue above. Mintmark (R) on the left, the engraver's initials on the right below. The twelve stars of the European flag are shown on the outer ring.

Designer: Marta Bonifacio

1523 • 2023
SAN MARINO
R
MB
SIGNORELLI

Reverse

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.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

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

2 ★ 2 ★ 2 ★ 2 ★ 2 ★ 2 ★

2 Euro

500th Anniversary of Death of Luca Signorelli

KM# 619
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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