Aquarius

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 – «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE 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 youth pouring the water out of the jug against the background of stars, to the right – the sign of the Aquarius Zodiac constellation.

Authors

The artist: S.A. Kozlov.A.D. Shablykin.
The sculptors: I.S. Komshilov.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПMД).
The edge: 300 corrugations

The Aquarius constellation situated in the Northern Hemisphere contains 160 stars visible with the naked eye.