Choreographer M.I. Petipa, Bicentenary of his Birth (11.03.1818)

Obverse

on the mirror field of the disc the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim the semicircular inscription "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (RUSSIAN FEDERATION), framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms: to the left indications of the precious metal and its fineness, to the right the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, at the bottom in the centre in three lines the inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin "2 РУБЛЯ" (2 RUBLES), the year of issue "2018 г." (2018).

Reverse

in the foreground on the left the relief portrait of M.I. Petipa, behind on the right a pas de deux from Swan Lake, in the background the curtain of the Mariinsky Theatre, at the top along the rim the inscription "М.И. ПЕТИПА" (M.I. PETIPA), at the bottom in two lines the years "1818" and "1910".

Authors

The artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), M.P. Titov (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.