The invention relates to an antenna for a contactless smart card, arranged on an insert intended to be integrated in said smart card having a certain relative vertical or horizontal positioning tolerance T between the insert and the body of the card, said smart card being provided with an embossing area comprising lines of characters embossed in relief, at least one antenna coil being situated opposite the embossing area, wherein said coil comprises at least one pair of paths situated in the embossing area and connected in parallel, said paths being configured in such a way that at least one of same remains at least partially situated outside of the embossed character area whatever the relative position of the insert and the antenna of same allowed by the tolerance T.