LOT 3560
France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. Dated 1830 (but struck circa 1840). Paris mint. Commemorative issue of return of Napoléon's I coffin to Paris. Designs by Jean-Pierre Montagny.
HIST. DE LA REVOLUTION. DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON. DE 1830., laureate head to right; PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES A PARIS. in two lines below / The arrival of Napoléon I's ashes at Les Invalides: Soldiers, bearing the coffin of Napoléon, mounting stairs to right to platform strewn with wreathes upon which stands France left, holding sceptre, garland, palm fronds and olive branch; behind, Genius stands facing, head to left, holding reversed torch, wreath, and tablet decorated with monogram of Napoleon and set on cippus decorated with winged hour glass; garlanded ground line below; in background to left, Hardouin-Mansart's Dome of Les Invalides, to right, the Belle Poule (the frigate that brought Napoléon's remains back from Saint Helena); above, Napoléon on eagle with radiance behind; MONTAGNY FECIT. below. Collignon 1233; Bramsen 1986. Near Extremely Fine.(78gr, 52mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Great Britain. St Paul's Cathedral AE Medal. Struck circa 1852. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, exterior view of the cathedral; NORTH_WEST VIEW LONDON in two lines and JOSH. DAVIS BIRMINGHAM in exergue / INTERIOR OF ST PAUL’S, interior view of the cathedral; THE NAVE AND CHOIR in exergue. BHM -; Eimer -. 93gr, 60mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
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Great Britain. St Paul's Cathedral WM Medal. Circa after 1840. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, perspective view of the cathedral from the northwest; NORTH_WEST VIEW LONDON and JOSH. DAVIS BIRMINGHAM in two lines in exergue / INTERIOR OF ST PAUL'S, interior view of the nave and choir; THE NAVE AND CHOIR in exergue. BHM -; Eimer -. 100gr, 60mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
From 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.
