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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52  18 Nov 2020
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Lot 293

Estimate: 120 GBP
Price realized: 160 GBP
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Foreign Medals, Italy, Napoleonic Kingdom, impression in copper of the seal of the Secretary of State, c, 1805, Imperial Eagle on crossed halberds and crowned mantle, MINISTRO SEGRETARIO DI STATO, 41mm., uniface on thick (4.75mm) flan, probably mid to late 19th century striking, a fine die flaw from crown to I of SEGRETARIO, mint state with brilliance and redness
Perhaps the seal of Conte Antonio Aldini (1755-1826). Aldini was an envoy in Paris in 1801 however, on the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1805, he was promoted to Secretary of State, resident in Paris and Napoleon's counsellor on Italian matters.
(200-300 GBP)
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