[In Russian]: EMPEROR ALEXANDER II ALL-RUSSIAN AUTOCRAT/17 APRIL/1818./19 FEBRUARY/1855./1 MARCH 1881.: Nude bust of Alexander II, r.; above, radiant all-seeing eye with olive branch below
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[In Russian]: MAY HIS NAME BE BLESSED ETERNALLY: Female personification of Russia kneeling upon pedestal and placing laurel wreath on emperor's casket; beneath pedestal, at r., three laurel wreaths; in background, mourning angel leaning against shield with imperial coat of arms; below, at center are books, scrolls with handging seals and laurel and oak wreath intertwined with broken chains [both scrolls and broken chains allude to the liberation of serfs in 1861]
