Medal - Alexander II Consecration of the St. Isaac Cathedral in St. Petersburg

Reverse

Front view of the Cathedral, above the exergue APXИTMOHTΦEPAHД (Architect Montferand) left, АЛЯЛИНЪ and B.AЛEKC€EBЪ P. (Engraved by V. Alexeyev) right below exergual line; Render unto God the Things which are God's and unto Caesar the Things which are Caesar's (St. Matthew, 22-21).

Engravers: Alexander Lyalin, V. Alexeev

Comment

Construction of the Cathedral begun in the Reign of Alexander I, Continued in the Reign of Nicholas I; Completed in the Reign of Sovereign Alexander II. Cathedral Consecrated in the Name of St. Isaac the Dalmatian 30 May 1858.