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Obverse: Astronomer’s bust turned to the left; inscription along the rim: NICOLAVS COPERNICVS – ASTRONOMVS POLONVS. Signature across the chest: THEOD. RYGIER SCULPSIT, below JOANNES VAGNETTI FECIT FLORENTIAE – ARTH. WOLYNSKI PVBLICAVIT
Reverse: Inscription in twelve lines: ARCHYGIMNASIA / BONON: ROMAN: FERRAR: PATAV: / QVAE‧MAGNVM‧PLANETICORVM‧SIDERM / SYSTEMATIS‧CORRECTOREM / IMMORTALE‧POLONICÆ‧NATIONIS‧DECVS / QVA‧DISCIPVLVM‧QVA‧MAGISTRVM / EX‧A‧ MCDXCVI‧AD‧A‧MDIV‧HABVERVNT / IN‧MEMORIAM / MVSEI‧COPERNICANI‧ROMÆ‧DEDICATI / LÆTITIÆ‧ET‧GRATVLATIONIS‧ERGO / SIGNANDVM‧CVRAVERVNT / MDCCCLXXIX. Signature below: M. FERRUCCI COMPOSVIT
Author: Teodor Rygier (1841-1913), Giovanni Vagnetti (1840-after 1890)
Place and date of origin: Florence, 1879
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: dia. 65 mm
Inventory no.: N 499
January 30, 2019