2 Euro · Bimetallic: brass ring, cupronickel center
Italian coins carry masterpieces of art: Castel del Monte (1–5 cent), the Colosseum and Venus of Cyrene (10–50 cent), and Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (1 euro) and Dante Alighieri (2 euro). First issued in 2002. The reverse shows a map of Europe without borders, surrounded by 12 stars.