Location | Russia |
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Type | Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token |
Year | 2003 |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Number | N# 156904 |
300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg
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
The Coat of Arms of St. Petersburg.
Lettering:
СПМД
300 ЛЕТ САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГУ
Translation:
SPMD
300 years of St. Petersburg
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Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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ND (2003) СПМД | Proof; St. Petersburg Mint |
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