LOT 3576
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Medal. Dated 1853. Commemorative issue of Construction of the Sarcophagus for Napoléon I in Les Invalides in Paris. Dies by E. A. Oudiné.
NAPOLEON III NAPOLEON I, jugate busts of Napoléon III, oak and laurel wreathed, and Napoléon I, laureate, to right; E•A•OUDINÉ•F• below / LA•FRANCE•ET•NAPOLEON•III•INAUGURENT LE•TOMBEAU•DE•L'EMPEREUR•NAPOLEON•I•MDCCCLIII•, France on the left holding laurel wreath in her hand and Emperor Napoléon III on the right with palm branch in his hand in front of Napoléon's I tomb at Les Invalides; the statue of Napoléon I holding sceptre and globe in the centre; below E.A.OUDINE.F and the River Seine reclining to left. Bramsen 2043. Extremely Fine.(205gr, 76mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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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. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Field-marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington WM Medal. Triply dated 1 May 1769, 18 June 1815, and 14 September 1852. Birmingham mint. Commemorative issue of Death of the Duke of Wellington. Dies by Allen & Moore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON., bust to left wearing military uniform; ALLEN & MOORE. BIRMM. below / BRITANNIA MOURNS HER HERO NOW AT REST, sarcophagus inscribed WELLINGTON BORN MAY 1. 1769 DIED SEPR 14.1852 in five lines; Britannia mourning to left, lion recumbent below, Victory placing wreath to right; A&M and WATERLOO JUNE 18. 1815 in two lines below. Eimer, Wellington 143; BHM 2476; Lamas 138. 39gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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. 106gr, 65mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

