A text is written in two rows around the edge. In the middle is a profile relief of Linnaeus.
Obverse lettering
First
International Pharmacological Meeting Stockholm 1961. Carolus
Linnaeus Professor of Materia Medica 1707-1778.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A text is written in raised letters around the edge. In the middle are three reliefs in a row: a vase with a snake wrapped around it, the staff of Asclepius (the Greek god of medicine), and a strutting rooster in profile.