Obverse | EMPEROR PETER I - EMPEROR NICHOLAS II (in Russian)
Joined portrait of laureated Peter I and Nicholas II facing left |
Reverse | TO THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDATION OF THE CITY ST PETERSBURG MAY 16TH (in Russian)
In a star reys Russia standing with wreath and shield on the cloud; two-headed eagle at her feet
In exergue: 1703 - 1903 |
Notes | project by F.Buhgoltz, engraved by A.Vasyutinskiy, design of the reverse by M.Dillon |
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Literature | Zavorotnaya 1988 (№ 173); Shchukina 2000 [a] (c. 224); Russian Victories 2009, 497 |
| Nicolaus II, Peter I, Stakhovich Alexander Alexandrovich, Buchgolz Fyodor Fedorovitch, Vasyutinskiy Anton Fedorovitch, Dillon Maria Lvovna, Peter I (1682-1725), Russia, Saint Petersburg, allegory of Russia, panoram of city, shield, Coats of arms of Saint-Petersburg, double eagle, laurel wreath, star, clouds, scepter, ВЪ ПАМЯТЬ 200-ЛЕТИЯ ОСНОВАНИЯ ГОРОДА С.ПЕТЕРБУРГА 16 МАЯ (In memory of 200 years of the foundation of St.Petersburg) |
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