The Centenary of the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow

Obverse

in the centre - 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: "ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2012 г." (2012), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

in the central part of the coin disc - three masonry arches on two columns, in the aperture of central arch - the relief image of the main facade of the building of the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, in the aperture of the right arch - figures of two warriors from the Taman stele of the Bosporus Kingdom, in the aperture of the left arch - the colored fragment of the painting by S. Botticelli "Annunciation" (Archangel Gabriel), above at the rim, in the background of a wall - the inscription: "100 ЛЕТ" (100 YEARS), under it - a palm twig, on bottom on the matted segment with a geometric ornament along its upper edge - the inscription in three lines: "ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ МУЗЕЙ ИЗОБРАЗИТЕЛЬНЫХ ИСКУССТВ ИМ. А.С. ПУШКИНА" (THE A.S. PUSHKIN STATE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS).

Authors

The artist: S.A. Kozlov.
The sculptor: A.N. Bessonov.
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.