5 Euros Constitution, Italy

Set in a frame, dominated by the inscription SEI LIBERA SII GRANDE (you are free be great) drawn from the fresco by Cesare Maccari reproducing the allegory of triumphant Italy (Maccari Hall, Palazzo Madama, Rome), an allegorical composition made of a circle and a square, symbols of Perfection and Knowledge. The composition is completed by the star of the Italian Republic and a detail from the fresco by Cesare Maccari Humanities and the arts (Maccari Hall, Palazzo Madama, Rome). In the middle, the value 5 EURO, the inscription COSTITUZIONE ITALIANA and, on the pages of a book, the dates 1948 2018, i.e. the year of the entry into force of the Italian Constitution and that of the coins issue respectively; below, in the middle, R, identifying the Mint of Rome.

Luciana De Simoni

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Allegory of triumphant Italy holding the Italian flag with green and red enamels, from a fresco by Cesare Maccari (Maccari Hall, Palazzo Madama, Rome). Around, the inscription “REPUBBLICA ITALIANA”; lower right, the name of the designer “L. DE SIMONI”.

Luciana De Simoni

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