Roger Pfund
   
Ages and styles of Europe

 


The banknote series offers a global vision of society through the ages. The front sides feature portraits, communication methods, architectural and pictorial art, literary and philosophical references, the image of the maze, and transport imagery. The reverse sides feature architectural features, symbolism, plans or drawings, philosophy, literature and the image of the maze .

 
 
   

the designers

 

EURO 5

Front: stone-engraving sculpture; Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (495-429 BC);
portrait of Pericles, statesman during the golden era of Greek civilisation.

Reverse: low relief of a Grecian frieze; temple of Concord at Agrigento (5th century BC);
the theatre of Epidaurus (350 BC).