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France. Second Empire AE Medal. Dated 1869. Commemorative issue of Centenary of Emperor Napoléon I.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
SOUVENIR DU CENTENAIRE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON I, laureate head of Napoléon I to right; ❀1769=1869❀ below / Code Napoléon, placed on cushion with Legion of Honour, sabre and a bicorne hat, between laurel and oak branch; above, crowned eagle holding thunderbolt and branch in its talons. Colignon 1966; Bramsen 2100. 52gr, 50mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Graffiti on obverse, graffito '1908 1915' on reverse.
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France. Consulat AE Medal. Dated 1802. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Treaty of Amiens. Dies by Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
CAMBACERES SECOND CONSUL. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL. LEBRUN TROISIEUME CONSUL., three busts to left, arranged vertically: Napoleon Bonaparte (top), Charles-François Lebrun (bottom left), and Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (bottom right); JEUFFROY below / LE CORPS LÉGISLATIF AUX CONSULS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. around, PAIX INTÉRIEURE, PAIX EXTÉRIEURE. in four lines; ARRÊTÉ DU 30 FLORÉAL AN X. 20 MAI M DCCC II. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 218; Julius 1093. 142gr, 68mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
The Treaty of Amiens was signed between France and Britain, bringing a brief period of peace during the Napoleonic Wars. France regained its former colonies lost during the Revolution. The King of England renounced the title of King of France, which he had held since Edward III (1340). -
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France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. Dated 1830 (but struck circa 1840). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of return of Napoléon's I coffin to Paris. Designs by Jean-Pierre Montagny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
HIST. DE LA REVOLUTION. DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON. DE 1830., laureate head to right; PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES A PARIS. in two lines below / The arrival of Napoléon I's ashes at Les Invalides: Soldiers, bearing the coffin of Napoléon, mounting stairs to right to platform strewn with wreathes upon which stands France left, holding sceptre, garland, palm fronds and olive branch; behind, Genius stands facing, head to left, holding reversed torch, wreath, and tablet decorated with monogram of Napoleon and set on cippus decorated with winged hour glass; garlanded ground line below; in background to left, Hardouin-Mansart's Dome of Les Invalides, to right, the Belle Poule (the frigate that brought Napoléon's remains back from Saint Helena); above, Napoléon on eagle with radiance behind; MONTAGNY FECIT. below. Collignon 1233; Bramsen 1986. 78gr, 52mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. Dated 1838. Commemorative Medal of the Life and Deeds of Napoléon I. Designs by Armand Auguste Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANÇAIS ROI D'ITALIE, bust to right, in military uniform; CAQUÉ. F. 1838 below / NÉ 1769. CONSUL 1799. EMPEREUR 1804. MILAN, TURIN, LE CAIRE, ROME, NAPLES, VIENNE, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, MADRID, LISBONNE, VARSOVIE, MOSCOU. CODE CIVIL 1804. ABDICATION 1814. ILE D'ELBE 1815. STE HELENE. MORT EN 1821. in twelve lines. Bramsen 1975; Julius 3982. 63gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. 1841. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Death of Napoléon I on St. Helena. Dies by Valentin-Maurice Borrel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., laureate head to left; BORREL FT. 1841. beneath truncation / L'EXIL ABRÉGEA SES JOURS. above view of the island of Saint Helena, with a ship departing; PRISONNIER A STE. HÉLÈNE, LE 18 OCTOBRE 1815. IL MOURUT LE 5 MAI 1821. in four lines in exergue. 82gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1687 but struck after 1880. Commemorative issue of Château de Versailles. Dies by Michel Molart.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS★MAGNVS★REX★GALLIARVM★INVICTISSIMVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to left (68th effigy by Michel Molart), MOLART★F★ below / COLVIT MAGIS OMNIBVS VNAM, facade of the Chateau of Versailles as seen from the rear gardens; VERSALLIAE •1•6•8•7• in two lines below. French Mint Catalog - VOL I -205-H/B451. 161gr, 71mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. In original case.
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France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1685 but struck in 1960's. Commemorative issue of construction of Pont Royal. Dies by Michel Molart and John (Jan) Roettiers.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LUDOVICUS • MAGNUS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, bare head to right, R below / VRBIS • ORNAMEN • ET COMMODO ★, downstream view of the Pont Royal on the Seine with the towers of Notre-Dame in the background; PONS • AD • LVPARAM ANN • M•DC•LXXXV• MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. French Mint General Catalog 204-B. 182gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Louis XIV WM Medal. 1638-1715. Commemorative of the Life and Deeds of Louis XIV. Dies by De Puymaurin and Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
LOUIS XIIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE, laureate and armored bust to right; DE PUYMAURIN D and CAOUE F below / LOUIS XIV SURNOME LE GRAND. above, 65EME. ROI. FILS DE LOUIS XIII. NÉ 1638. ROI 1643. ABOLITION DU DUEL 1679. RÉVOCATION DE L'ÉDIT DE NANTES 1685. PHILIPPE V, ROI D'ESPAGNE 1700. PAIX GÉNÉRALE 1715 in ten lines, MORT 1715. below. Cf. N146561. 82gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1666 but struck possibly 19th century AD. Commemorative issue of Louis XIV Clemency towards the Traitants and the Revocation of the Chamber of Justice. Dies by Michel Molart.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISSIMVS, bare head to right; MOLART on truncation / PECVLATORES BONIS MVLCTATI, female figure kneeling to right and emptying a sack of coins in front of Justice, seated to left on throne and holding scales and sword; CLEMENTIA PRINCIPIS• M•D•C•LXVI• and MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. 172gr, 71mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Louis XIV AE Medal. Dated 1676. Commemorating issue of the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets at Palermo. Dies by Michel Molart.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS • MAGNVS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMVS •, bare head to right; R below / DELETA HOSTIVM CLASSE, Victory standing to left on galley to right, holding wreath with her right hand and palm branch with her left; on the stern two cupids holding globe bearing the lilies of France; in the background galleys on fire or sinking, one of which flies a Dutch flag; VICTORIA PANORMITANA M•DC•LXXVI•(date) MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. 157gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1668 but struck 1970. Paris mint. Commemorating issue of the Re-establishment of the French naval forces.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS • XIV • FRANC • ET • NAV REX, laureate and draped bust to left, trident behind / NAVIGATIO • INSTAVRATA , large battleship at seas; •1668• below. Edge inscription: 1970 (corne) BRONZE. N#98220. 57gr, 49mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Louis XVI AE Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative issue of the Life and Deeds of Louis XVI. Dies by Armand Auguste Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
LOUIS XVI ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE., bust to right; DE PUYMAURIN • D • CAQUE • F • below / NÉ 1754. ROI 1774. SUPPRESSION DES CORVÉES 1776. ALLIANCE AVEC LES ÉTATS UNIS 1778. ASSEMBLÉE DES NOTABLES 1787. ÉTATS GÉNÉRAUX 1789. ABOLITION DES PRIVILÈGES 1789. NOUVELLE CONSTITUTION 1790. MORT 1793. in fourteen lines. 63gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
