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European Year of Cultural Heritage - The Laocoön group

Description

The design features the Statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group, a fundamental work of the world sculpture, foundational for the Vatican Museums. At the center bottom, the inscription of the issuing country ‘Città del VATICANO’. From left to right, in semi-circle, the inscription ‘ANNO EUROPEO DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE’. At the top right the year of issuance ‘2018’ and the mintmark ‘R’. At the bottom right the name of the artist ‘D. LONGO’.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Subject of commemoration

European Year of Cultural Heritage - The Laocoön group

Date of issue

2018-06-01

Issuing country

Vatican City

Coin image

European Year of Cultural Heritage — The Laocoön group

Official Journal

2018/C 133/04

Issuing volume

105000