Saint George the Victorious
Obverse
in the centre there is a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2023 г.’ (2023).
Reverse
a relief image of Saint George the Victorious on horseback killing a dragon with a spear.
Authors
Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.V. Baklanov, National Artist of Russia (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.V. Baklanov, National Artist of Russia (reverse).
Mint: Moscow and Saint Petersburg Mints (ММД, СПМД).
Edge: 300 corrugations.
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Ancient Russia and the neighbouring states used the image of Saint George the Victorious as elements of national symbols, including on dukes’ seals, flags, coats of arms, and coins. His image was an element of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire and is now on the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.