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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France. Louis XVIII AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1821 but struck later. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of death of Napoléon I on St Helena. Dies by B. Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right within wreath of alternating laurel and oak leaves, wrapped with a ribbon on which RIVOLI PYRAMIDES MARENGO LUNÉVILLE AMIENS CODES LEG. ON • D'HON AUSTERLITZ JENA TILSIT SIMPLON WAGRAM is inscribed / IL MOURUT SUR UN ROCHER., view of the island of Saint Helena in the middle of the sea, with ship on each side and the setting sun in the background, above, eagle is flying to right, head to left, carrying palm branch; ÎLE STE. HELENE. 5 MAI 1821. in two lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 1564; cf. Bramsen 1844; cf. Julius 3715. 153gr, 68mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Great Britain. Lincoln Cathedral WM Medal. Circa after 1845. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
INTERIOR OF LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, interior view of the cathedral / Exterior view of the cathedral, LINCOLN CATHEDRAL DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT and J.DAVIS. MEDALLIST. BIRMM. in four lines in exergue. Cf. BHM 2371; Taylor 7a. 90gr, 60mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Portugal. Napoléon I AE Medal. 20th century AD. Commemorative issue of the Coronation of Napoléon I, from an 1807 painting by Jaques-Louis David, Napoléon's I official painter. Dies by A.Ribeiro and Armindo Viseu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bust of Jaques-Louis David facing slightly to left; LUIZ DAVID-PINTOR 1742 1825 in three lines to upper left; A RIBEIRO ARMINDO VISEU to lower right / The coronation of Napoléon I; Napoleão and A VISEU below. 132gr, 71mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

