LOT 3550
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Medal. Dated 18 June 1815. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Battle of Mont Saint Jean (Waterloo). Dies by Petit F. Denon, mintmaster.
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right / The Victory, holding palm branch in her right hand, fllying to right above battlefield littered with debris from weapons of all kinds, on which a broken tree has collapsed; BATAILLE DU MONT S.T JEAN XVIII JUIN MDCCCXV in two lines and PETIT F. below; DENON INV. to right. Bremsen 1637. Near Extremely Fine.(79gr, 51mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Napoleon AE Commemorative Medal. 1804.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head facing left; around, NEAPOLIO IMPERATOR; below neck, GALLE FECIT / the emperor in ancient Roman armour seated on an elevated platform facing right; in his left hand the staff of royalty surmounted by the eagle of France; on right, the city of Pari wearing turreted crown facing Napoleon, arms extended; behind her, on the right, an antique ship, with a Cupid holding the rudder; his head is turned to look at a star bearing the letter N placed on the upper field; around above, TVTELA PRAESENS; in exergue, EPVLVM SOLLEMNE / IMPERATORIS IN CVRIA / VRBANA . FRIM . A . XIII. ; at sides of exergue line, names of the artists, PRUDMON DEL. JEUFFROY FEC. Edge Description Stamped: (Cornucopia) BRONZE. Laskey XLIII [Book] Laskey, J.C. Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte, pp. 82-83. 164gr, 68mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
On the 16th of January, 1804, the city of Paris gave a splendid entertainment at the Hôtel de Ville to the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine. At this entertainment, Napoleon, in his address to VI. Frochet, the Prefect of the City, assured him, "That he had always entertained, and will preserve, a particular affection for his good city of Paris." This medal was struck to perpetuate the event of this grand entertainment. " This example of the medal was struck at the Paris mint between 1880 and 1901 from the original dies. -
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Great Britain. Hanover, Field-marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington WM Medal. Triply dated 1 May 1769, 18 June 1815, and 14 September 1852. Birmingham mint. Commemorative issue of Death of the Duke of Wellington. Dies by Allen & Moore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON., bust to left wearing military uniform; ALLEN & MOORE. BIRMM. below / BRITANNIA MOURNS HER HERO NOW AT REST, sarcophagus inscribed WELLINGTON BORN MAY 1. 1769 DIED SEPR 14.1852 in five lines; Britannia mourning to left, lion recumbent below, Victory placing wreath to right; A&M and WATERLOO JUNE 18. 1815 in two lines below. Eimer, Wellington 143; BHM 2476; Lamas 138. 39gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal. Struck 1970. Commemorative issue of Napoléon's I centenary. Dies by Alphée Dubois.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
15 AOÛT 1869, Napoléon I in the clouds enthroned to left on the French eagle, bearing sceptre and surrounded by stars, gazing down upon the institutions, civil codes and cornucopia he left behind him; 15 AOÛT 1769 in exergue / Blank. 438gr, 100mm.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
