Token - Saint Petersburg 300th Anniversary Sphinxes at the Universitetskaya Embankment

Features

Location Russia
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Year 2003
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
156904

Commemorative issue

300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg

Obverse

Quay with Sphinxes (Sphinxes at the Universitetskaya Embankment) is a quay at the Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg, in front of the Imperial Academy of Arts. It is remarkable for the two ancient sphinxes that were brought from Egypt to Russia at the height of Egyptomania in 1832. The quay was completed in 1834.

Lettering: СФИНКСЫ • ПРИСТАНЬ У АКАДЕМИИ ХУДОЖЕСТВ

Translation: Sphinxes - Quay at the Academy of Arts

Reverse

The Coat of Arms of St. Petersburg.

Lettering:
СПМД
300 ЛЕТ САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГУ

Translation:
SPMD
300 years of St. Petersburg

Edge

Smooth

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (2003) СПМД Proof; St. Petersburg Mint

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