© Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner
© Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner
Nobel Prize for Physics and Chemistry Medal - Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ND
| Gold (.992) | 200 g | 66 mm |
| Location | Sweden |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Type | Award medals › Scholastic, academic and scientific awards |
| Years | 1902-1980 |
| Composition | Gold (.992) |
| Weight | 200 g |
| Diameter | 66 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#300379 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Goddess resembling Isis, standing, emerging from clouds, holding cornucopia in right hand. Genius of science to her left, wearing laurel wreath, holding scroll in left hand and lifting veil covering the face of the goddess with the right hand. Cartouche below with laurel (Laurus nobilis) branch above.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
INVENTAS • VITAM • IUVAT EXCOLUISSE • PER • ARTES
NATURA SCIENTIA
ERIK
LINDBERG
REG • ACAD • SCIENT • SUEC •
A . BOHR
MCMLXXV
Translation: It is beneficial to have improved (human) life through discovered arts. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Designer: Erik Lindberg
Comment
The words on the reverse are adapted from Vergil’s Aeneid, book 6, line 663:"Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per rates"
