Nobel Prize in Literature Medal - Swedish Academy ND (1901-2022) front Nobel Prize in Literature Medal - Swedish Academy ND (1901-2022) back
Nobel Prize in Literature Medal - Swedish Academy ND (1901-2022) photo
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Nobel Prize in Literature Medal - Swedish Academy ND

 
Gold (.992) 200 g 66 mm
Description
Location
Sweden
Issuing entity
Swedish Academy
Type
Award medals › Artistic awards
Years
1901-2022
Composition
Gold (.992)
Weight
200 g
Diameter
66 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#337192
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Young man sitting, facing left, wearing laurel wreath, and writing with left hand in a book on right knee. To the left, a muse standing, facing right, wearing oak wreath and playing lyre. Sun setting in left field. Laurel tree in right field.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INVENTAS · VITAM · IUVAT · EXCOLUISSE · PER · ARTES
ERIK
LINDBERG
ACAD SUEC ·
G · B · SHAW
MCMXXVI

Translation: It is beneficial to have a better life through discovered arts. Swedish Academy.

Engraver: 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"