Description:
Obverse
Laurel head of Virgil facing left. Below the neck the name of the author
Reverse
In the middle a stylized tree, symbol of Fertility. At sides, facing the tree, the figure of an ox that represents the work, and of a horse, symbol of epic poetry. On the left, 19 A.C.year of death of the Latin poet, and on the right, the year 1981. In the exergue, the value and the mintmark.
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