Rare medal to commemorate the opening of the Astronomical and Copernican Museum in Rome in 1879.
Specimen from the Orest Pashkovych Collection, with an ownership mark on the reverse.
Obverse: bust of Nicolaus Copernicus, left, on the intersection of the arm signature THEOD. RYGIER SCVLPSIS, below signatures JOANNES VAGNETTI FECIT FLORENTIAE - ARTH WOLYNSKI PVBLICAVIT
NICOLAVS COPERNICVS - ASTRONOMVS POLONVS
Reverse: inscription in 12 lines, below M. FERRUCCI COMPOSTIT
ARCHIGYMNASIA / BONON: ROMAN: FERRAR: PATAV: / QVÆ • MAGNVM • PLANETICORVM • SIDERVM / SYSTEMATIS • CORRECTOREM / IMMORTALE • POLONICÆ • NATIONIS • DECVS / QVA • DISCIPLVM • QVA • MAGISTRVM / EX • A • MCDXCVI • AD • A • MDIV • HABVERVNT / IN • MEMORIAM / MVSEI • COPERNICANI • ROMÆ • DEDICATI / LÆTITIÆ • ET • GRATVLATIONIS • ERGO / SIGNANDVM • CVRAVERVNT / MDCCCLXXIX
Bronze, diameter 65 mm, weight 136.19 g
