Description:
Obverse
On the coin obverse there is a depiction of the Small State Emblem of Ukraine, surrounded by the antique and Cossack attributes: two lyres, a helmet, a sabre, a flask and a quiver with arrows. On the coin there are the following inscriptions: УКРАЇНА and 1998 (above); 100 ГРИВЕНЬ, Au 900, designation of precious metal and 15,55, its pure weight (underneath, in two lines)
Reverse
On the coin reverse there is the composition, consisting of grotesque images: Aeneid and Didona, the heroes of the poem, standing near the central figure of the Cossack playing bandura (a folk Ukrainian instrument) on the background of a landscape. On the coin there are the following inscriptions: ЕНЕЇДА - above; І.КОТЛЯРЕВСЬКОГО and 200 РОКІВ - underneath, in three lines.
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