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 `СТО РУБЛЕЙ` (ONE HUNDRED ROUBLES), at the bottom - the year of issue `2002`, the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
СТО РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 900 • 2002 г. • 1 КГ СПМД • (Translation: One Hundred Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
In the centre- the statue `Herakles Fighting the Lion` (a Roman copy of the 1st - IInd centuries after the original of a Grecian sculptor Lysippus, the second half of the IVth century B.C.), to the left - the bust of Domicia Longina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Domitianus I (the Ist - IInd centuries), to the right - the bust of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus (the IInd century), the inscription at the bottom along the rim: `НОВЫЙ ЭРМИТАЖ` (THE NEW HERMITAGE) divided by the date `150` in an oval, above the date - the building of the New Hermitage.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
НОВЫЙ ЭРМИТАЖ
150 (Translation: New Hermitage)
Edge
360 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
