ominus1 Posted September 5 · Supporter Share Posted September 5 ...ya gotta admit this guy done some thangs man.....he took out the HRE ...and was emperor in Italy cause this coins shows it...my 1st 'not a Medici' coin of the year...:) post whatever floats yer boat...:) 1811 ITALIAN SOLDI OF NAPOLEON BONAPART AS EMPEROR, 15mm 1.26grms 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted September 5 · Supporter Share Posted September 5 Definitely one of history's greatest figures...a military and political genius to rival his own personal heroes Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. He saved the French Revolution from itself and transformed France into the greatest military and cultural power on the continent. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, 1804-1814 AE Medal (41.30mm, 35.40g, 12h) Modern restrike Obverse: NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head of Napoleon, ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation Reverse: BATAILLE * D'AUSTERLITZ around elaborate winged thunderbolt; · II · DEC · M · DCCCV XI · FRIM · AN · XIV ·, JALEY F. in cartouche below References: Bramsen 445 A modern restrike of a medal minted in 1805/6, commemorating Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz. FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE, Napoleon I Bonaparte (1804-1815) AR 1/2 Franc (18.15mm, 2.51g, 6h) Dated AN 13 (September 23, 1804-1805). Paris mint Obverse: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., bare head of Napoleon right; 'Tiolier' in signature below Reverse: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. around wreath containing DEMI FRANC. in two lines; mintmarks and date below References: Numista #31659 Toned and holed. Struck during the year of Napoleon's coronation as Emperor of the French. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 5 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 5 (edited) 12 hours ago, ominus1 said: and was emperor in Italy A very nice piece. But in fact Napoleon was merely the King of Italy, as opposed to being the Emperor of France. See this coronation medal: France, AE Medal, First Empire, Coronation of Napoleon I at Milan as King of Italy, May 23, 1805. Obv. Laureate head right, NAPOLEON - EMPEREUR; beneath truncation in two lines, DENON DIR. | ANDRIEU F. / Rev. Iron crown of Kings of Lombards, with circlet of gold and jewels, and row of figures of angels and saints above inscription on lower rim of crown reading AGILVLFVS • GRATIA • DEI • GLORIOSVS • REX; above crown, NAPOLEON • KING • OF ITALY •; in exergue in three lines, CROWNED • IN • MILAN • ON • XXIII • MAY • M • DCCCV •; below, DENON • DT * JALEY • FT •. 40 mm., 35.10 g. Bramsen I 418 p. 68 [Ludvig Ernst Bramsen, Medallist Napoleon the Great, or, Description of medals, clichés, repoussés, and medals-decorations relating to the affairs of France during the consulate and the empire, Vol. I, 1799-1809 , at pp. 88-89 (Copenhagen 1904), available at Neuman Numismatic Portal]; David Thomason Alexander, A Napoleonic Medal Primer (2022), No. 52 (discussed at p. 78; ill. p. 79) (available at https:// nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/618630); Millin & Millingen 96 pp. 35-36 (Ill. Pl. XXXIII) ) [Aubin Louis Millin de Grandmaison & James Millingen, Medallic History of Napoleon (London 1819), available on Google Books]; Julius 1380 p. 86 [ Sammlung Dr. [Paul] Julius, Heidelberg: Französische Revolution Napoleon I. und seine Zeit: Medaillen, Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Münzen (Auktion 11 Jan. 1932, Otto Helbing Nachf., München, Auktions-Katalog 66), available at Newman Numismatic Portal]; Laskey 49 pp. 88-89 [Capt. JC Laskey, A Description of the Series of Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte (London 1818), available on Google Books]; Zeitz 49 [ Napoleons Medaillen (Petersberg Imhof 2003)]; Todd p. 114 (with rev. ill.) [Richard A. Todd, Napoleon's Medals: Victory to the Arts (The History Press, UK, 2009)]. Purchased from Ancient Galleon LLC, Villanova, PA, March 2023.* * Obv. portrait by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu (1761-1822); rev. design by Louis Jaley (1763–1838); Director of Medal Mint Dominique-Vivant Denon (1747-1825). See the discussion of this medal at Todd, op. cit ., p. 114, with an illustration of the reverse: “Another medal pictures the crown of Agilulfus, the ancient Lombard king (592-615), a circlet of gold and jewels over an iron ring, said to have been forged from one of the nails that had pierced Christ's hand. The inscription reads AGILVLFVS. GRATIA. DEI. GLORIOSVS. REX. The crown was brought from the cathedral of Monza to Milan by an escort of the Guard and of citizens of Monza. [Quoting Le Moniteur , 1 June 1805.] Napoleon was following in the footsteps of Charlemagne who in 774 had conquered the Lombards and assumed the title 'King of the Lombards.' As he placed the crown on his head, Napoleon spoke the traditional words of the Lombard ceremony, 'God has given it to me; let him beware who touches it.' [In French, 'God gives it to me, beware whoever touches it.'] Napoleon was now Emperor of France and King of Italy.” Edited September 5 by DonnaML 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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