2 Euro Commemorative coins Greece 2022

35 years of the Erasmus Programme

The Obverse depicts two key elements of the Erasmus programme, a European Union student mobility project aimed at university students. On the right is Erasmus of Rotterdam (Dutch humanist and philosopher), in one of his best-known portraits, after whom the programme was named because of his numerous journeys throughout Europe, with the aim of learning about its different cultures. The effigy of the theologian is superimposed on a net that crosses the coin from one point to the other, which is intended to represent the cultural and human exchanges between European students; on the left-hand side, thanks to a special type of graphics, the number '35' appears (to identify the 35th anniversary). Superimposed over the portrait are the circular inscriptions '1987-2022', 'ERASMUS' and 'PROGRAMME' on three lines, while further down, adjacent to the inner edge, is the mintmark, followed by the inscription 'ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ' (Hellenic Republic in Greek). Above the philosopher's right hand are the author's initials "J.J.". On the outside are 12 five-pointed stars, the symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ *" (Hellenic Republic), in incuse.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).

200 years since the first Greek Constitution

The Obverse, in the centre of the coin, depicts the temple of Asclepius (for the Greeks, the god of medicine) in Epidaurus (a municipality of Greece located on the outskirts of the Peloponnese), with the statue of the god in the centre. In the upper part is the arched inscription 'ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ' (HELLENIC REPUBLIC in Greek), while in the lower part is the circular inscription 'TO ΠPΩTO ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚO ΣYΝTAΓMA' ('THE FIRST GREEK CONSTITUTION', in Greek). On either side of the image are the year '1822', on the left, and the minting year, on the right. At the bottom, in the space between the design and the inscription, is the mintmark of Athens, while the author's monogram is placed adjacent to the lower part of the temple, to the right. On the outside are 12 five-pointed stars, the symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ *" (Hellenic Republic), in incuse.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).