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Nobel prize medal awarded to the Swedish biochemist Sune Bergström in 1982. Modeled by Erik Lindberg. 66 mm, 176.9 g, 18 kt (0.750), Au, in original box. The beautiful allegorical reverse represents the Genius of Medicine holding an open book in her lap, collecting the water pouring out from a rock in order to quench a sick girl's thirst. - Of the utmost historical and cultural importance.
Karl Sune Detlof Bergström (1916–2004) was awarded the Nobel Prize base in Physiology/Medicine for “discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances”. Bergström ranked among the most prominent of all Swedish 20th century scientist holding a number of important academic positions of which can be mentioned: Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1966), member of the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors in Sweden (1975), President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1983), member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1985)
Coins and medals, 2 May 2013