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Auction XXIV  28 Mar 2022
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Lot 1703

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 130 GBP
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France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, Æ Medal. Commemorating Britain breaking the Treaty of Amiens with the declaration of war on France, and the occupation of Hanover by France. Triply dated May 1803, June 1803 and year 4 of Bonaparte = 1802/3. Dies by Jeuffroy; Denon, mintmaster. LE TRAITÉ D'AMIENS ROMPU PAR L'ANGLETERRE EN MAI DE L'AN 1803, lioness crouching to left, mauling the Treaty of Amiens; DENON DIREXIT JEUFFROY FECIT in two lines in exergue / L'HANOVRE OCCUPÉ PAR L'ARMÉE FRANÇAISE EN JUIN DE L'AN 1803, Victory on horseback to right, holding wreath in outstretched hand; FRAPPEE AVEC L'ARGENT DES MINES D'HANOVRE L'AN 4 DE BONAPARTE in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 271. 37.72g, 41mm, 12h.

Mint State; die-break on obverse.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 103, 14 September 2016, lot 1121 (part of).
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