The Year of Italian Culture in Russia and Russian Culture in Italy

Obverse

in the centre - the relief picture of a knight in the cloak sitting on the horseback slaying a dragon toppled over and trampled by the horse, under it, in two lines - the inscription: "2 РУБЛЯ" (2 RUBLES) and the date: "2011г." (2011), below to the left, at the edge - the indications of the metal, its fineness and the semicircular inscription: "ГОД РОССИЙСКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ И РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА В ИТАЛИИ" (THE YEAR OF RUSSIAN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE IN ITALY), to the right, after the inscription - indication of the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, on bottom - the inscription along the rim: "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

the relief image of a Christian temple, over it - the inscription along the rim in Old Russian style: "ХРАМ ПОДВОРЬЕ СВЯТИТЕЛЯ ЧУДОТВОРЦА НИКОЛАЯ" (THE CHURCH IN TOWN OF NIKOLAS THE SANCTIFIER AND THE MIRACLE MAN), under the church - the horizontal inscription: "БАРИ" (BARI), below and to the right, along the rim of the coin - a tree branch as the decorative element.

Authors

The artists: A.V. Baklanov National Artist of Russia.
The sculptors: A.N. Bessonov (obverse), L.A. Evdokimova (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 160 corrugations.