v11_1644 - 20 lires en or 1812/09 Milan VG.1371
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 190.56 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 465.12 €
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 190.56 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 465.12 €
Type : 20 lires en or
Date: 1812/09
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : 45014
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,39 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux * DIO PROTEGGE L'ITALIA (Dieu protège l'Italie)
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Usure normale de circulation avec de minuscules rayures de surface et de traces de manipulation au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : (GRENADE) NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE (COUPE)// 1812/ M.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon Ier à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon empereur et roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO - D'ITALIA/ 20. LIRE.
Reverse description : Écu écartelé à cinq quartiers : au 1 des États du Pape (Émilie-Romagne), au 2 de Milan, au 3 de Venise, au 4 de Ligurie, au 5 de Savoie-Sardaigne, posé sur le tout un écu d'Italie aux armes de la Couronne de Fer, entouré du collier de la Légion d'Honneur, soutenu par une aigle posée sur un foudre surmonté d'une étoile ; le tout posé sur un manteau couronné, brochant deux hallebardes.
Reverse translation : (Royaume d'Italie).
Commentary
Le deuxième 1 du millésime est regravé sur un 0. Variété de date regravée non signalée dans les ouvrages italiens : Pagani, Varesi et Gigante. Pointes des hallebardes effilées (aguzzi).
The second 1 of the vintage is re-engraved on a 0. Variety of re-engraved date not reported in the Italian works: Pagani, Varesi and Gigante. Points of the halberds are tapered (aguzzi)
The second 1 of the vintage is re-engraved on a 0. Variety of re-engraved date not reported in the Italian works: Pagani, Varesi and Gigante. Points of the halberds are tapered (aguzzi)
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I
(1805-1814)
Napoleon I accepted the crown of Italy on March 17, 1805. After a triumphal entry into Milan on May 8, 1805, Joséphine and he were crowned on May 26 by Cardinal Caprara. As in Paris a few months earlier, Napoleon crowned himself by exclaiming: "God gave it to me, beware whoever touches it". This exclamation will become the motto of the Order of the Iron Crown (cf. TOKENS IV, pp.III-V). The Emperor appointed his son-in-law, Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy and left Milan on June 10, 1805. He returned to Paris on August 1 to join the Boulogne camp. The fate of Italy is now linked to that of France for nine years. At the beginning of January 1814, the defection of Murat, and his alliance with the Austrians then with the English in order to keep his kingdom of Naples, caused Italy to lose. Prince Eugene, despite a heroic defense, cannot prevent the collapse of the kingdom after Mantua falls. On April 6, 1814, Napoleon abdicated..
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