Italy 2 Euro 2024 Rita Montalcini UNC

The foreground features a portrait of Rita Levi-Montalcini inspired by a photograph by Manuela Fabri; in the background, a microscope taken from a medal designed by Gino Levi-Montalcini, brother of the famous scientist, with a base shaped like a horseshoe as a good-luck charm for the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1986. At the top is an arched inscription "RITA LEVI-MONTALCINI"; on the left, the abbreviation of the Italian Republic "RI" and "R" — the mint mark of Rome; at the bottom, "2024" — the year of issue of the coin; on the right, "SP" — the initials of the designer Silvia Petrassi. The outer ring of the coin depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.