Sweden Silver Medal 1801 - Andreas Celsius
17.39g. 33mm. AU/UNC. Splendid brilliant exemplar with fantastic old colorful toning.Obv.: Portrait right with circular inscription. "ANDREAS CELSIUS ASTRON . PROF . UPSAL ."Rev.: Celsius measures the length of a meridian arc using a compass, demonstrating the Earth's oblate shape at the poles. Top: "NEC TANTI ABOLESCET GRATIA FACTI."Below line: "FORMA TELLURIS INUESTIC. / 1736 / REGE IUBENTE DENUO / EXAMINATA 1801." Medalier: Carl EnhörningW.-T. 1252, Hild. 127, 2.