Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Roubles - Catherine II
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 1764-1765 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Catherine II facing right, her hair dressed and adorned with a pearl diadem, with a lace collar and imperial robes visible at the truncation. The Cyrillic legend encircles the effigy reading the imperial titulature. The mint mark СПБ (St. Petersburg) appears in the lower exergue beneath the bust truncation. The portrait is rendered in a baroque court style typical of early Catherine II coinage. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Б·М·ЕКАТЕРИНА·II·ІМП·IСАМОД·ВСЕРОС СПБ (Translation: By the grace of God Catherine II Empress and Autocrat of all Russia SPB) |
| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle, superimposed upon a cruciform arrangement of four heraldic escutcheons representing the tsardoms: Moscow (top), Astrakhan (left), Kazan (right), and Siberia (bottom). The entire composition is surmounted by an imperial crown. The Cyrillic legend around the periphery denotes the denomination and date, with the date numerals spaced individually across the lower field. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |