Record

RefNoM/222
LevelItem
Title400th anniversary medal of Uppsala Universitet
DescriptionObverse: head of Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, right profile, bare, hair short. Reverse: the Genius of Upsala, laureate, clad in loose robes, is seated, facing. In her right hand she holds aloft the lamp of knowledge, the left rests upon the triangular crowned shield of Svealand, the head of a crouching lion appearing from behind (in allusion to Gotaland). On the left of the figure emblems of the arts; above the pole star casts its rays. In the field a flying bat
InscriptionContentObverse: OSCAR II REX SUECIAE ET NORVEGIAE. Below: A. LINDBERG.
Reverse: EX TENEBRIS PER UMBRAS AD LUCEM. In exergue: PERACTA QUATUOR SECULA CELEBRAVIT UNIVERSITAS UPSALIENSIS MDCCCLXXVII . LINDBERG.
ObjectNameMedal
MaterialsBase metal
Dimensions51 mm diameter
AccessStatusOpen
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