© Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner
© Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Medal - Karolinska Institute ND
1981 year| Gold (.750) | 176.9 g | 66.00 mm |
| Location | Sweden |
|---|---|
| Type | Award medals › Scholastic, academic and scientific awards |
| Year | 1981 |
| Composition | Gold (.750) |
| Weight | 176.9 g |
| Diameter | 66.00 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#300386 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Genius of Medicine, sitting, facing left, wearing toga and laurel wreath, holding open book in her lap, collecting the water pouring out from a rock in order to quench a sick girl’s thirst. Sick girl standing to the right, facing left, wearing toga.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
INVENTAS • VITAM • IUVAT EXCOLUISSE • PER • ARTES
NATURA SCIENTIA
E • LINDBERG
REG • UNIVERSITAS MED • CHIR • CAROL •
S . BERGSTRÖM
MCMLXXXII
Translation: It is beneficial to have improved (human) life through discovered arts. The Royal University of Medicine and Surgery Karolinska.
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"
