FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 40.85 g, 12h). Coronation as King of Italy, 23 May 1805. By Andrieu and Jaley. Denon, director. Dated 1805 (in Roman numerals).

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FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 40.85 g, 12h). Coronation as King of Italy, 23 May 1805. By Andrieu and Jaley. Denon, director. Dated 1805 (in Roman numerals). NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head right / NAPOLEON · ROI · D’ITALIE, the Crown of Lombardy; COURONNÉ · A · MILAN/LE · XXIII · MAI ·/M · DCCCV · in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 418. Brown surfaces, some green deposits. EF.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, 1965.

This medal was part of the pre-war stock of Baldwin’s, and survived the London blitz deep in the cellars of the firm’s offices on the Embankment.

Closing Date and Time: 23 June 2021 at 13:29:40 ET.

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