Physical Medal
Material - 14KT Gold
Diameter - 63.5 mm
Weight - 169 g
Finish - Sandblasted, Engraved, Gold Plated & Lacquered
Unit Price - approx. 5,500 CAD
Obverse
The head represents Archimedes facing right.
In the field is the word ΑΡXIMHΔΟΥΣ in Greek capitals and the artist's monogram and date RTM, MCNXXXIII.
The inscription reads: TRANSIRE SUUM PECTUS MUNDOQUE POTIRI.
Reverse
The inscription on the tablet reads:
CONGREGATI
EX TOTO ORBE
MATHEMATICI
OB SCRIPTA INSIGNIA
TRIBUERE
It means: "The mathematicians having congregated from the whole world awarded (this medal) because of outstanding writings". The verb form "tribuere" (the first "e" is a long vowel) is a short form of "tribuerunt". In the background there is a representation of Archimedes' sphere being inscribed in a cylinder.
Eberhard Knobloch, August 5, 1998
Material - 14KT Gold
Diameter - 67 mm
Weight - 169 g
Thickness - 5-7 mm
The thematic motif for the medal is ”the Abacus Bird of the Mathematicians”, a creature in near abstract geometrical styling conceived by Aiha that has the ability to bear and fly with the beans of the abacus. Through the inclusion of the emblem of the bird, the artist wants to convey an emphasis of the human dimension of the prize and of mathematical work.
The relief on the flip side symbolizes disorder, bound together by a line representing an algorithm. The obverse will also include a signature of the creator (”MA 19”).
The name of the recipient will be engraved in the edge or in the reverse of the medal.