| Issuer | Russia |
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 3 Roubles |
| Currency | Rouble (1998-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 34.88 g |
| Dimensions | 39 mm |
| Thickness | 3.30 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov Reverse: Alexandra Arsenyevna Dolgopolova |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Y#756, CBR#5111-0099, Schön#739 |
| Obverse description | 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 - `ТРИ РУБЛЯ` (THREE 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 | ТРИ РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 900 • 2002 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD) |
| Reverse description | In the centre - the statue of the Venus of Tauride (a Roman copy of the 1st - IInd centuries after the original of a Grecian sculptor of the IIId century B.C.), to the left - a lekythos in the form of the sphinx (the Vth century B.C.), to the right - a sculptural portrait of the Roman Emperor Philippus Arabs (the IIId 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: The New Hermitage) |
| Edge | 300 corrugations |
| Mint | (СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date) |
| Mintage | 2002 СПМД - Proof - 10 000 |
| Catalog ID | 2269632760 |
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