France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Celebrating the coronation of Napoléon as King of Italy. Dated 23 May 1805. Dies by Manfredini. NAPOLEO GALLORVM IMPERATOR ITALIAE REX, laureate head to left; L. M. on neck truncation / Italia standing to right, holding cornucopiae and crowning Napoleon, in the guise of a Roman senator, standing to left, holding mappa and pointing to the Constitution set on plinth between them; Corinthian helmet to left, caduceus to right; VLTRO above, L. M. to right on ground line, D. XXIII. MAII A. MDCCCV. in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 420. 35.83g, 42mm, 12h.
Mint State; minor edge knocks.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.