Medal with Napoleon I

Object Name: 
Medal with Napoleon I

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Object Name: 
Medal with Napoleon I
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
85.7.11
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1806
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton, by exchange
Primary Description: 
Dark red-brown copper; stamped (minted). Flat, circular form, the obverse with a portrait of Napoleon I facing sinister, inscribed "NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI." and on the shoulder "ANDRIEU F."; on the reverse, an empty throne, a table filled with crowns and three on the floor, an eagle with spread wings above, inscribed below "SOUVERAINETES DONNEES/MDCCCVI/ANDRIEU F. DENON D."

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Stack's Numismatics, Former Collection
1985-10-30
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1985-10-30
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Source
1985-10-30
Color: 
Dark red-brown
Technique: 
stamped (minted)