LOT 3552
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative Medal for the birth of his son, as King of Rome. Designs by Tommaso Mercandetti.
NAPOLEON FRANCORUM IMPERATOR ET ITALIAE REX ★, laureate head of Napoléon to left; T•MERCANDETTI•F•R•MDCCCX beneath truncation / XII•KAL•APRIL •MCCMXI, Mars, floating in a cloud, giving the child to Minerva, who is sitting in front of Trajan's Column inscribed: SENATVS.POP IMP. CAESAR TRAIANO. A MAX.TRIB. P. AD. DECLA MONS. ET. I.; at her side, Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf; above, eagle with spread wings holding olive branch in beak and thunderbolt in its talons, behind, the Colosseum on the left, the temple of Concordia inscribed: SQVE. ROMANVS VM. RESTITVIT in two lines on the right; ••••••••••••• AVREA CONDET SAECVLA QVIR VRSVS LATIO in two lines in exergue; ••T•MERCANDETTI•F•ROMAE••• below. Edge inscription: COPIE. Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique, p.98, pl.XLIX, n°10. Good Extremely Fine.(106gr, 65mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Great Britain. St Paul's Cathedral AE Medal. Struck circa 1852. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, exterior view of the cathedral; NORTH_WEST VIEW LONDON in two lines and JOSH. DAVIS BIRMINGHAM in exergue / INTERIOR OF ST PAUL’S, interior view of the cathedral; THE NAVE AND CHOIR in exergue. BHM -; Eimer -. 93gr, 60mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Restrike Medal. Dated 12 June 1860. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Annexation of Savoy and the County of Nice to France. Dies by Jean Lagrange.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left; J.LAGRANGE below / ANNEXION DE LA SAVOIE ET DU CTE DE NICE A LA FRANCE, France, In the centre, uniting Savoy and the city of Nice; 12 JUIN 1860 and J.LAGRANGE in two lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 1826. 210gr, 72mm, 12h.
Mint State.
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 Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative Medal for the birth of his son, as King of Rome. Designs by Tommaso Mercandetti.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
NAPOLEON FRANCORUM IMPERATOR ET ITALIAE REX ★, laureate head of Napoléon to left; T•MERCANDETTI•F•R•MDCCCX beneath truncation / XII•KAL•APRIL •MCCMXI, Mars, floating in a cloud, giving the child to Minerva, who is sitting in front of Trajan's Column inscribed: SENATVS.POP IMP. CAESAR TRAIANO. A MAX.TRIB. P. AD. DECLA MONS. ET. I.; at her side, Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf; above, eagle with spread wings holding olive branch in beak and thunderbolt in its talons, behind, the Colosseum on the left, the temple of Concordia inscribed: SQVE. ROMANVS VM. RESTITVIT in two lines on the right; ••••••••••••• AVREA CONDET SAECVLA QVIR VRSVS LATIO in two lines in exergue; ••T•MERCANDETTI•F•ROMAE••• below. Edge inscription: COPIE. Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique, p.98, pl.XLIX, n°10. 106gr, 65mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
