The title of state in Italian along the rim. In the center: woman's head in laurel wreath.

Image of Minerva holding an olive tree in the center, face value on the left, mint mark 'R' (Rome) on the right, below - the year of minting.

Minerva (Athena for the Greeks). Goddess of wisdom, arts and artcrafs was Zeus' favorite daughter. She tought men how to join bows to the plough, to plant and coltivate the olive tree, and to sail on the see.