412, Lot: 854. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AV Medalet (14mm, 2.11 g, 12h). Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise of Astria. By Andrieu and Galle. Dated 1810. Conjoined busts of Napoléon, laureate, and Marie Louise, draped and wearing stephane, right; ANDRIEU F ·/DEN · in two lines below / NAPOLEON EMP ET ROI MARIE LOUISE D AUTRICHE, classical wedding scene with emperor in military outfit and bride, veiled standing left and sacrificing at lighted altar decorated with bow and quiver over lighted torch; date in exergue. Bramsen 956; Julius 2267; see St. James’s 19, lot 1133 (for example in silver). Superb EF, slightly irregular flan.