Obverse: the obverse of the coin depicts Caravaggio holding a fruit basket. Above the portrait, the inscription 'CITTA DEL VATICANO' is engraved, and at the bottom, the name and the year 'CARAVAGGIO 1571-2021', marking a period of 450 years. The outer ring of the coin depicts the twelve stars of the European Union.
Reverse: the usual 2 euro denomination.
About the coin: the packaging of the coin is damaged. 2-euro commemorative coin celebrating the 450th anniversary of the birth of Caravaggio, the Italian Baroque painter. The artist is known as the reformer of 17th-century European art and is considered to be one of the greatest masters of the Baroque era. Caravaggio's revolutionary naturalistic style had a wide-ranging influence on European art for centuries to come.
