Depicts a vessel sailing floating under the twelve stars of the European Union, representing Europe. The issue year on the left, the monogram of the Italian Republic (RI) on the right, and the engraver's name below.

Depicts the famous sculpture "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years" by Edgar Degas; below, the sculptor's name; on the left, the mintmark “R”; on the right, the coin's value; on top, arch-shaped “Europe of Arts”.

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer (French: La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans) is a sculpture begun c. 1880 by Edgar Degas of a young student of the Paris Opera Ballet dance school, a Belgian named Marie van Goethem.

Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers.

Engraver: Claudia Momoni