387, Lot: 582. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Regno d'Italia (Napoleonic). Napoleone I. 1805-1814. AR Medal (77mm, 214.10 g, 12h). The Exile of Napoleon to St. Helena. Dated 1816 [restruck 1880-1898 and 1901]. NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE, laureate head right; circlet of nine stars above; below head, broken wheel and palm frond crossed with laurel branch / NON DI LUI MA DI CHI LO TRADI IMAGO, Prometheus left, chained hand and foot to rock face of mountain; to right, eagle standing right on outcropping, picking at Prometheus’ side to extract his liver. Bramsen 1785. Near EF, toned, a few minor edge dings. Beautiful reverse design with strong Classical allusions.