Medal - Alfred Nobel
Issuer Sweden
Type Coin replicas
Obverse
Bust of Alfred Nobel facing left Dates of birth (1833) and death (1896) in Roman numerals.
Lettering: ALFR. NOBEL NAT. MDCC XXIII OB. MDCCC XCVI
Reverse
Allegorical figures 1962 in Roman numerals in lower cartouche
Lettering: INVENTAS VITAM IUVAT EXCOLUISSE PER ARTES REG UNIVERSITAS MED CHIR CAROL F H C CRI CK MCMLXII
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
ALFR. NOBEL NAT. MDCC XXIII OB. MDCCC XCVI
Reverse Lettering
INVENTAS VITAM IUVAT EXCOLUISSE PER ARTES REG UNIVERSITAS MED CHIR CAROL F H C CRI CK MCMLXII
Comments
Medal modelled on the Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded in 1962 to Dr Francis Crick (1916-2004) for his discovery of DNA.
