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Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)

Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543). Obverse: Bust of the astronomer (half-right), a model of the solar system to the Copernican theory to the right. Legend: 'NICOLAUS COPERNICUS . QUI . SOLEM . STARE . TERRAM . MOVERI . ISSIT.' Reverse: A circlet of beads. Legend: 'ACADEMIA . LITTERARUM . ET . SCIENTARUM . POLONA.' Inscription: 'XV LUSTRIS FELICITER PERACTIS MDCCCLXXIII MCMXLVIII.' The medal was issued by the Polish Academy of Science and struck by the Warsaw Mint (information Orest Paszkowycz).
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Object Details

ID: MEC2662
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown; Kalfas, F.
Date made: 1948
People: Nicholas Copernicus, Nicholas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: x x x 60 mm
Parts: Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)