5 Hryvnias 2013, Baptism of Rus [Ukraine]

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Country: Ukraine
Weight: 16.54 g
Mintage: 30,000 pcs.
Name: 1025th Anniversary of the Baptism of Kievan Rus
Issue Quality: Special Uncirculated
Metal: Nickel Silver
Composition: Cu-Ni-Zn
Denomination: 5 Hryvnias
Currency Unit: Hryvnia
Sculptor: Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Volodymyr Demianenko
Artist: Obverse: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk; Reverse: Mariia Skoblikova, Oleksandr Kuzmin
Diameter: 35 mm

Reverse
A multi-figure composition: Volodymyr the Great and Andrew the Apostle holding a cross, Saints Anthony and Theodosius of the Kyiv Caves, Cyril and Methodius. At the top is the Zymne Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, flanked by angels. At the bottom, a stylized semicircular inscription: 1025th Anniversary of the Baptism of Kievan Rus.
Obverse
The Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine. Stylized inscriptions along the coin's edge: NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE (top), the year of minting 2013 and the denomination (bottom): FIVE HRYVNIAS. To the right is the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine. In the central part is a composition: an encolpion cross and the symbolic figures of the Four Evangelists: Matthew as an angel, Mark as a lion, Luke as an ox, and John as an eagle. Each is winged and holds a Gospel.