relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, above it along the edge — the inscription in a semicircle: "RUSSIAN FEDERATION", framed on both sides with double diamonds, below the coat of arms: on the left — the designations of precious metal and alloy samples, on the right — the content of chemically pure metal and the trademark of the mint, at the bottom in the center in three lines — the inscription: "BANK OF RUSSIA", coin denomination: "3 RUBLES", year of issue: "2022".
relief image of the Alan Assumption Monastery against the background of a laser–matting image of a mountain landscape; at the top of the circle is a relief inscription: "BAPTISM OF ALANYA", at the bottom, on a matted field, is an image of a traditional Alan cross and the inscription "1100", made in polished relief.
In the I century A.D., a new Northern Iranian ethnic group, the Alans, entered the historical arena on a rather vast area from the Aral Sea to the Danube. At the beginning of the X century, there was a wide penetration of Christianity into Alanya. Orthodoxy becomes the state religion in Alanya, mass Christianization of the population begins, the Alan Diocese of the Patriarchate of Constantinople is created. In the X–XI centuries, monumental domed temples were built.
Baptism led to cultural and socio-economic flourishing, the spread of writing, and the growth of the political influence of the Alan state. Subsequently, it was this civilizational choice that determined the entry of Alania-Ossetia into the Russian Empire and the rapid integration of Ossetian society into the cultural and political space of Russia.
Artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.A. Brynza (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), O.G. Shepel (reverse).
Minting: St. Petersburg Mint (SPMD).
The design of the edge: 300 corrugations.