Subject of the commemorative coin:
 500th anniversary of Raphael's death

 Description of the design:
 the design shows the profile of the Virgin Mary, a detail from the fresco “Madonna di Casa Santi”, the first masterpiece of the very young Raphael, which he painted in his birthplace in Urbino, now home to the prestigious Accademia Raffaello. The work shows the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus asleep on her knees and embodies the delicacy of the intimacy between mother and son, a recurring theme in his art. At the top right are the name of the issuing country “SAN MARINO” and the dates “1520” and “2020”. At the bottom is the inscription “RAFFAELLO”, on the right the initials of the designer Annalisa Masini “AM” and on the left the letter “R”, the mint mark of the Mint of Rome. The coin’s outer ring features the twelve stars of the European flag.