The coin commemorates the 500th anniversary of the death of Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (1445 – 1510), the Italian painter of the Florentine school who is better known as Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel"). The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

A geographical image of Europe

Edge lettering, fine milled