2 euro 2004 San Marino – Bartolomeo Borghesi

Bartolomeo Borghesi (July 11, 1781 – April 16, 1860) was an Italian antiquarian who was a key figure in the development of the science of numismatics. He was born in Savignano, near Rimini, and studied in Bologna and Rome.

Having weakened his eyesight by studying documents of the Middle Ages, he turned his attention to epigraphy and numismatics. In Rome, he organized and cataloged several collections of coins, including those from the Vatican, which he did for Pope Pius VII. As a result of the riots of 1821, Borghesi retired to San Marino, where he died in April 1860.