Russian Sportsmen – Champions and Prizewinners of the XXX Olympiad of 2012 in London

Obverse

in the centre of the mirror field of the disc, in a circle formed by the solid concentric line – the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it – the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim – on top: "ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ" (FIFTY RUBLES), below: to the left – indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre – the year of issue "2014 г." (2014), to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, on the field around the emblem – names of 37 Russian sportsmen – silver prize holders of the London Olympiad disposed in a spiral line.

Reverse

in the centre of the matted ornamented field of the disc – the inscription in five lines: "РОССИЙСКИЕ СПОРТСМЕНЫ – СЕРЕБРЯНЫЕ ПРИЗЕРЫ ЛОНДОН-2012" (RUSSIAN SPORTSMEN – SILVER PRIZE HOLDERS LONDON-2012), over it – the emblem of the Russian Olympic Committee, to the left of the inscription – a laurel branch, above and to the right – relief figures of competitive athletes from antic pictures, below on a mirror segment of the disc – the QR-code.

Authors

The artists: A.D. Schablykin (obverse), A.A. Brynza (reverse).
The sculptor: E.A. Tolyzin (obverse and reverse).
Mint: Moscow Mint (MМД).
The edge: 200 corrugations.