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fwo_724872 - ITALY - SUBALPINE GAUL 20 francs Marengo 1801 Turin

ITALY - SUBALPINE GAUL 20 francs Marengo 1801 Turin XF
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Price : 2 000.00 €
Type : 20 francs Marengo
Date: An 9 (1800-1801)
Mint name / Town : Turin
Quantity minted : 15831
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 6,41 g.
Edge : feuilletée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été nettoyée
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Obverse


Obverse legend : L'ITALIE DÉLIVRÉE À MARENCO.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et drapé de l'Italie à gauche ; au-dessous signé A.L..

Reverse


Reverse legend : LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ/ *ERIDANIA*.
Reverse description : 20/ FRANCS/ -/ L'AN 9. en quatre lignes dans une couronne.

Commentary


Cette pièce est la première pièce de 20 francs en or, trois ans avant les pièces Bonaparte Premier Consul. Le droit rappelle que l'Italie et Bonaparte ont été sauvés à Marengo le 14 juin 1800 où le général Desaix trouve la mort. Le revers indique que les limites de la Gaule Subalpine sont fixées par le pays baigné par le Pô (Eridania). Le type a été créé suite au décret du 13 mars 1801. 2.820 pièces seulement auraient été frappées en l'an 9.
This coin is the first 20-franc gold coin, three years before the Bonaparte First Consul coins. The obverse recalls that Italy and Bonaparte were saved at Marengo on June 14, 1800, where General Desaix was killed. The reverse indicates that the boundaries of Subalpine Gaul are determined by the country bathed by the Po (Eridania). The type was created following the decree of March 13, 1801. Only 2,820 coins were minted in the year 9.

Historical background


ITALY - SUBALPINE GAUL

(06/16/1800-09/11/1802)

The second Italian campaign was one of General Bonaparte's most brilliant. He crossed the Alps between May 16 and 20, 1800, on June 2, he seized Milan, defeated the Austrians at Montebello on June 9 and at Marengo on June 14 where Desaix was killed. On June 16, the armistice of Alexandria in Piedmont put an end to the campaign and the Austrians withdrew beyond the Po. Following this armistice, a new republic was proclaimed: the Subalpine Republic, or Subalpine Gaul, with Turin as its capital. The annexation of Piedmont to France, on September 11, 1802, put an end to this ephemeral republic.

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