2 euro Vatican 2024 – 750 years since the death of St. Thomas Aquinas Proof in box

2024 marks the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Thomas Aquinas. On the reverse side of the 2 euro coin, the artist Arianna Ciccone depicts St. Thomas Aquinas in the foreground in the vestments of the Dominican Order to which he belonged. In his left hand he holds a volume of his most important work, the Summa Theologiae, and in the other a pen. A shining sun stands out on the saint’s chest, a symbol of his great wisdom. Among the various titles he received, he is most widely known as the “Angelic Doctor”, which, as we see, is quoted below and which glorifies his exceptional purity of soul and body. In the background on the left is the lily, a symbol of chastity, and the Church of St. Thomas of Roccasecca, the first religious building in the world built in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas, declared a saint on July 18, 1323 by Pope John XXII.

Denomination: 2 euro
Diameter: 25.75mm
Weight: 8.5g
Metal: bimetal

Circulation: 9,900 pieces

Packing: box