Linnaeus, Carl Portrait medal. Obverse: bust of Linnaeus, right profile, hair long, in vest and cravat, with mantle over the shoulders. On the breast of the coat a sprig of 'Linnoea borealis', and his decoration as Knight of the Polar Star. Reverse: Cybele standing, murally crowned, with lion crouching by her side; in her left hand a key, the right is upraised; she is surrounded by animals and plants, in the distance are clouds with flying birds. Three small butterflies are represented to the left of the figure