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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France. Ile de la Cite AE Medal. 20th century AD. Dies by Pierre Turin.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Slightly elevated view of Pont Neuf, San Chapelle and two towers of Notre-Dame; P.TURIN below / Blank. 144gr, 68mm.
Extremely Fine.
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 and Eugénie AE Medal. Circa 1855-1860. Paris mint. Dies by Albert-Désiré Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR, bare head of Napoleon III to left, CAQUÉ. F. below / EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE; head of Empress Eugénie to left, CAQUÉ. F. below. 60gr, 50mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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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.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
