The Italy 2013 2 euro commemorative coin honours the life and literary contributions of Giovanni Boccaccio, a seminal figure of the Italian Renaissance. Designed by Roberto Mauri, the national side features a portrait of the author based on the famous painting by Andrea del Castagno, which is housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Boccaccio is best remembered for his masterpiece, The Decameron, a collection of novellas that profoundly influenced European literature and helped establish the Tuscan dialect as the foundation for modern Italian. By depicting this influential writer, the coin celebrates Italy’s deep-rooted intellectual heritage and its pivotal role in the development of Western humanism. This commemorative issue was released in 2013 with a total mintage of 10,000,000 coins.