Portrait of Plato (in profile). On the left: the words ‘2 400 years since the founding of Plato’s Academy’ and ‘Hellenic Republic’ in ancient Greek lettering. On the right: ‘2013’ and the monogram of the Greek Mint.

In exergue, ‘????’ (monogram of the author G. Stamatopoulos).

The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.