LOT 3558
France. Second Empire AE Medal. Dated 1869. Commemorative issue of Centenary of Emperor Napoléon I.
SOUVENIR DU CENTENAIRE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON I, laureate head of Napoléon I to right; ❀1769=1869❀ below / Code Napoléon, placed on cushion with Legion of Honour, sabre and a bicorne hat, between laurel and oak branch; above, crowned eagle holding thunderbolt and branch in its talons. Colignon 1966; Bramsen 2100. Very Fine. Graffiti on obverse, graffito '1908 1915' on reverse.(52gr, 50mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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 Restrike Medal. Dated 1816, but struck after circa 1880. Commemorative issue on the Exile of Napoléon I on St Helena, Milano.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE, laureate head of Napoléon I to right, nine stars forming crown above, laurel branch and palm branch tied together below, broken wheel of Fortune to lower left / NON DI LUI MA DI CHI LO TRADI IMAGO, Prometheus chained to rock, vulture gnawing at his body; 1816 below. Cf. Bramsen 1785; cf. Julius 3580. 219gr, 77mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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Group of Sixteen [16] Medals. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 300gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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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.
