Italy 2 euros 2006 - Portrait of Raphael of Dante Alighieri

Obverse of Italy 2 euros 2006 - Portrait of Raphael of Dante Alighieri

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Krause - Mishler KM# 217
Details The portrait is housed in the Pope Julius II Wing of the Vatican Palace.

Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante, was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.
Specifications Diameter - 25.75mm Thickness - 2.2mm Weight - 8.5gr
Composition BiAlloy (Nk/Ng), ring Cupronickel (75% copper - 25% nickel clad on nickel core), center Nickel brass (75% copper - 20% zinc - 5% nickel)
Edge Combination of the number 2 and ** repeated six times
Comments Designer: Maria Carmela Colaneri
Mintage 31,000,000 pieces

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