v09_1658 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 10 thaler en or, tête laurée 1812 Brunswick
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 990.92 €
Estimate : 1 448.27 €
Realised price : 1 044.28 €
Starting price : 990.92 €
Estimate : 1 448.27 €
Realised price : 1 044.28 €
Type : 10 thaler en or, tête laurée
Date: 1812
Mint name / Town : Brunswick
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 895 ‰
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,19 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement voilé, nettoyé et gratté dans le champ au droit / Joli revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON..
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jérôme Napoléon à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG VON WESTPHALEN FR PR// X/ THALER/ 1812/ B.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes avec des fleurons décoratifs.
Reverse translation : (roi de Westphalie prince français).
Commentary
Trace de cassure de coin au-dessus de l'œil donnant l'impression d'avoir une corne sur le front.
Trace of corner breakage above the eye giving the impression of having a horn on the forehead
Trace of corner breakage above the eye giving the impression of having a horn on the forehead
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON
(8/12/1807-26/12/1813)
Jérôme, Napoleon's younger brother, was born on November 15, 1784. The kingdom of Westphalia was tailor-made for him with the remains of Hanover, Brunswick and Hesse-Cassel. On August 22, 1807, Jérôme married Catherine of Württemberg then was named King of Westphalia on December 8, 1807. In 1813, after Leipzig, Jérôme had to abandon his States, which were dismembered. After the Battle of Waterloo, he lived in exile until 1848. Under the Second Empire, Marshal of France, he was President of the Senate and Governor of the Invalides before dying in 1860.
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