Description:
Obverse
A representation of the myth of the Abduction of Europa, the daughter of the Phoenician King Agenor, by Zeus, who had taken the form of a bull, is accompanied with the legend "Ευρώπη" (Europa) and the facial value and encircled by the twelve stars of Europe
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, shows the fifteen states of the European Union
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