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LOT 3548
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Medal. Dated Frimaire L'An 13 (November-December 1804). Commemorative issue of the public festivities of Napoléon's I coronation. Dies by Gallé and Jeuffroy. Design by Prudhomme.
NEAPOLIO IMPERATOR., laureate head to left; GALLE FECIT. below truncation / TVTELA PRAESENS, Napoléon, in the attire of a Roman Emperor, seated to right, addressed by a turreted and draped female figure representing the City of Paris; behind her, the ship of Paris guided by a genius with eyes fixed on the star of Napoléon in upper central field; PRUDHON DEL and JEUFFROY FEC to left and right on ground line, EPVLVM SOLLEMNE IMPERATORIS IN CVRIA VRBANA•FRIM•A•XIII in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 358. Extremely Fine.(154gr, 68mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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