Obverse description	In the centre - the relief picture of a knight in the cloak sitting on the horseback slaying a dragon toppled over and trampled by the horse, under it, in two lines - the inscription: `2 РУБЛЯ` (2 ROUBLES) and the date: `2011г.` (2011), below to the left, at the edge - the indications of the metal, its fineness and the semicircular inscription: `ГОД РОССИЙСКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ И РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА В ИТАЛИИ` (THE YEAR OF RUSSIAN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE IN ITALY), to the right, after the inscription - indication of the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, on bottom - the inscription along the rim: `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Obverse script	Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering	ГОД РОССИЙСКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ И РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА В ИТАЛИИ 2 РУБЛЯ Ag 925 20,35 СПМД 2011 г. БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: Year of Russian Culture in Italy Roubles SPMD Bank of Russia)
Reverse description	The relief image of a Christian temple, over it - the inscription along the rim in Old Russian style: `ХРАМ ПОДВОРЬЕ СВЯТИТЕЛЯ ЧУДОТВОРЦА НИКОЛАЯ` (The church yard St. Nikolas Wonderworker), under the church - the horizontal inscription: `БАРИ` (Bari), below and to the right, along the rim of the coin - a tree branch as the decorative element.
Reverse script	Cyrillic
Reverse lettering	ХРАМ ПОДВОРЬЕ СВЯТИТЕЛЯ ЧУДОТВОРЦА НИКОЛАЯ БАРИ (Translation: The church yard St. Nikolas Wonderworker Bari)
Edge	160 corrugations
Mint	(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
Mintage	2011 СПМД - Proof - 7 500
Catalog ID	4749072390
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