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Napoléon
French
1805
Mint: France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 40 mm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.849
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Napoléon (1769-1821), emperor of France. From Histoire métallique de Napoléon le Grand prepare par la class d’histoire et de literature ancienne de l’Institut Impérial.
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left wearing laureate wreath; inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON EMP.ET ROI·" and under bust "DENON DIR./ANDRIEU F.".
Reverse: Iron crown of Lombardy made up of angels and holy men underneath arcade; inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON·ROI·D'ITALIE", below "DENON·DT·*JALEY·FT·", and in exergue "COURONNÉ·A·MILAN·/LE XXIII·MAI·/M·DCCCV·".
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left wearing laureate wreath; inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON EMP.ET ROI·" and under bust "DENON DIR./ANDRIEU F.".
Reverse: Iron crown of Lombardy made up of angels and holy men underneath arcade; inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON·ROI·D'ITALIE", below "DENON·DT·*JALEY·FT·", and in exergue "COURONNÉ·A·MILAN·/LE XXIII·MAI·/M·DCCCV·".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON EMP.ET ROI·" and under bust "DENON DIR./ANDRIEU F.".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON·ROI·D'ITALIE", below "DENON·DT·*JALEY·FT·", and in exergue "COURONNÉ·A·MILAN·/LE XXIII·MAI·/M·DCCCV·".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON·ROI·D'ITALIE", below "DENON·DT·*JALEY·FT·", and in exergue "COURONNÉ·A·MILAN·/LE XXIII·MAI·/M·DCCCV·".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)