On the front side of the coin there is a relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, there are inscriptions: "RUSSIAN FEDERATION", "BANK OF RUSSIA", face value - "2 РУБЛЯ" and date - "2017", metal designation according to the Periodic System of Elements of DI . Mendeleyev, the alloy trial, the trademark of the Moscow Mint and the mass of precious metal in its purity.
On the reverse side of the coin there is a relief image of I.K. Aivazovsky against the backdrop of the fragment of the painting "The Ninth Wave", there are: at the top an inscription along the circumference of "I.A. Aivazovsky", at the bottom - dates in two lines "1817", "1900".