Theophanes the Greek

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

in the centre – the icon "The Transfiguration", the inscriptions to the left and to the right from it depicted from top to bottom – "ФЕОФАН" "ГРЕК" (THEOPHANES) (THE GREEK).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptor: A.I. Parfionov.
Moscow Mint (ММД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.

The icon "The Transfiguration" which is now kept in the Moscow Tretyakov Gallery has been painted by Theophanes the Greek for the Cathedral of the Saviour's Transfiguration, (the town of Pereslavl Zalessky).