Obverse: a face representing Italy within a five-pointed star with details from the emblem of the Italian Republic: a cogwheel, oak and olive branches; above, between two points of the star, a towered crown; below, the logo of the Europa Star Programme

Reverse: detail from “Susanna and the Elders” by Jacopo Robusti, known as ‘Tintoretto’, a painting which is one of the most famous works of this Renaissance painter (Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna).