The Sphinx by the Building of the Art Academy

Historical Series:300th Anniversary of Founding the City of Saint Petersburg

Date of Issue

31.01.2003

Catalogue number

5109-0062

300th Anniversary of Founding the City of Saint Petersburg

Date of Issue

31.01.2003

Catalogue number

5109-0062

Denomination

1 ruble

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 925/1000

Total weight, g

8.53 (±0.09)

Fine metal content not less than, g

7.78

Diameter, mm

25.00 (±0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.20 (±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

5,000

Obverse

in the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower - the semicircular inscription - "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ОДИН РУБЛЬ" (ONE RUBLE), at the bottom - the year of issue "2003", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the picture of a sphinx. The inscription at the top along the rim - "САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ" (SAINT PETERSBURG).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptor: A.S. Kunats.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 200 corrugations.

The stone sculpture of the sphinx found during the excavations in the Thebes, the capital of the ancient Egypt, had been installed on granite pier of the Neva River Embankment, by the building of the Saint Petersburg Art Academy, in 1834.

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