LOT 3553
France. First Empire, Napoléon I SN Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative Medal of the Life and Deeds of Napoléon I. Design by Massonnet.
NAPOLEON I EMPEREUR, bare head to right, MASSONNET. ÉDIT. 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. Collignon 337. Very Fine.(43gr, 50mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Medal. Dually dated 1837 and 20 June 1897. Royal mint. Designs by G.W. de Saulles after T. Brock and W. Wyon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN • MDCCCXCVII •, crowned and veiled bust to left / Head to left, wearing bandeau; LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS in left field, ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA in right field; olive branch and date below. BHM 3506; Eimer 1817. 9.74gr, 26mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 154gr, 68mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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.

