Commemorative Coins "Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Uladzimir"
Put into circulation on: silver, 20 rubles - 14 May 2012 ; gold, 50 rubles - 28 December 2012 ; gold, 1,000 rubles - 28 December 2012 ; silver, 500 rubles - 28 December 2012
Design: S.Zaskevich (Belarus)Minted by: B.H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH, Karlsfeld, Germany
The coins are rectangular in shape with a raised rim on the obverse and the reverse. The coins’ edge is reeded.
Obverse
in the center – the ornamental pattern in the form of a grapevine symbolizing the Theotokos, within the pattern – the representation of the cross which was erected in the territory of Zaslavl’s stronghold to commemorate the thousandth anniversary of the Orthodox Church in Belarus, and the alloy standard; at the top – the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus and an inscription in two lines: РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS); and at the bottom – the denomination: 20, 50, 500 and 1000 РУБЛЁЎ (20, 50, 500 and 1,000 RUBLES) and the year of issue to the right of the denomination.
Reverse
in the center – the image of the Most Holy Theotokos of Uladzimir; along the perimeter of the 1,000-ruble, 500-ruble and 20-ruble coins – the Deesis: the Saviour in the center with the Theotokos, Michael the Archangel, Peter the Apostle, Basil the Great, and Gregory the Theologian on the right-hand side and John the Baptist, Gabriel the Archangel, Paul the Apostle, John Chrysostom, and Nicholas the Wonderworker on the left-hand side; the background of the 20-ruble and 500-ruble coins and the halos above the Saviour, the Theotokos, John the Baptist, archangels, apostles, and saints as well as the stars on the Theotokos’ robe are plated with gold; and at the bottom – an inscription: УЛАДЗIMIPСКАЯ (OF ULADZIMIR).