Aries
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 – «ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ» (FIFTY RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004», 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 ram against the background of stars, to the right – the sign of the Aries Zodiac constellation.
Authors
The artist: S.A. Kozlov.A.D. Shablykin.
The sculptors: E.V. Kramskaya.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПMД).
The edge: 134 corrugations
The Aries constellation situated in the Northern Hemisphere contains 82 stars visible with the naked eye.