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Obverse: The astronomer, bent over a book, yields an astrolabe in the right hand and a compass in the left; at the background a drawing of the solar system. Inscription at the bottom: 1473-1543 / NICILAVS COPERNICVS. Signature on the right: AK BOBROWSKI
Reverse: At the top, a view of Toruń with its coat of arms and a ribbon featuring inscription: THORVNIVM. Below: VISTVLA – FLUVIVS. Caption at the bottom: DE REVOLUTIO= / NIBVS ORBIVM / CÆLESTIVM. Along the rim: WIELKIEMU RODAKOWI W HOŁDZIE POLACY NA UCHODŹSTWIE * LONDYN 1973 * [IN A TRIBUTE TO OUR DISTINGUISHED COMPATRIOT, POLES IN EXILE, LONDON 1973]
Author: Andrzej Krzysztof Bobrowski (1925-2002)
Place and date of origin: London, 1973
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: dia. 64,5 m
Inventory no.: N 519
January 30, 2019