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Auction XXIV  28 Mar 2022
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Lot 1912

Estimate: 1000 GBP
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France, Kingdom (restored), temp. Louis XVIII. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating the death of Napoléon on St. Helena. Dated 1821. NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE., nude bust of Napoléon to left in clouds, eagle with outstretched wings below, head to right, holding thunderbolt / NÉ A AJACCIO EN CORSE AN M.DCC.LXVIIII MORT A L'ILE Ste. HELENE AN. M.DCCC.XXI in eight lines across field. Bramsen 1845. 38.26g, 40mm, 12h.

Good Extremely Fine; some edge knocks; attractive old cabinet tone on a romanticised image of the deceased emperor.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica - Numismatica Varesi, Auction 115, 28 May 2019, lot 2284.
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