Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Medal - Karolinska Institute
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Medal - Karolinska Institute
€300,386.00
Location
Sweden
Year
1981
Type
Award medals/Scientific award
Composition
Gold (.750)
Weight
176.9 g
Diameter
66.00 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Bust of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel facing left, wearing tuxedo and bow tie.
Obverse lettering
NAT •
MDCCC
XXXIII
OB •
MDCCC
XCVI
ALFR •
NOBEL
E • LINDBERG 1902
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
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.
Reverse 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.)
