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Medieval and World Sale 1  18 Aug 2022
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Lot 171

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 170 GBP
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France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating Napoleon's stay on the Island of Elba. Dated 1814 and 1815 (Restrike, after 1st January 1880). Dies by Brenet, Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., bust to right, wearing military uniform; BRENET. F. below truncation / SEJOUR A L'ILE D'ELBE MDCCCXIV ET MDCCCXV BRENET. F. DENON. D, Fortune seated to left on rock, head reversed, drapery billowing behind, wheel below, eagle behind; signs of the zodiac in border around. Edge inscription: cornucopiae and BRONZE. Bramsen 1583. 32.28g, 41mm, 12h.

Near Mint State. An official restrike.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex ANPB Collection of Napoleonic Medals, Numismatica Ars Classica - Numismatica Varesi, Auction 115, 28 May 2019, lot 2061 (old collection ticket included);
Purchased from Thesaurus s.r.l. (ticket included).
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