On the obverse of the coin at the top there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine and the inscription UKRAINE; a stylized fragment of a painting by I. Aivazovsky in the art of marina; below: face value 2 hryvnia, logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine; Year of coinage 2017 (top left).

The reverse of the coin depicts a portrait of Ivan Aivazovsky; on the left inscription: Ivan Aivazovsky (in a semicircle), the years of his life 1817/1900; right on the background of the veil - the artist's facsimile.

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Dedicated to the world-famous marinist painter, battle painter, patron of the arts - Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900), in the pictures of which the sea is depicted in all the vital beauty of powerful elements. Ivan Aivazovsky was born in Crimea, in Feodosia. He spent all his childhood by the sea, constantly attracted him. Therefore, his works are mainly devoted to the sea, but there are quite a few paintings with Ukrainian motifs that depict the Dnieper, the steppe, the Chumaks, and the wedding scenes.