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LOT 3557
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1811. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Baptism of the Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte as King of Rome. Dies by J. Andrieu.
Laureate head to left / Napoléon, in full regalia, standing to left before throne, holding the infant high over baptismal font, BAPTEME DU ROI DE ROME M. DCCC. XI.(date) in two lines in exergue, ANDRIEU FECIT to left. Cf. Bramsen 1126. Good Extremely Fine.(129gr, 67mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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