fwo_395597 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 40 Lire 2e type 1808 Milan
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Price : 625.00 €
Type : 40 Lire 2e type
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : 212583
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,90 g.
Edge : tranche en creux
Obverse
Obverse legend : (GRENADE) NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE (MM)// 1808/ M.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon Ier à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon empereur et roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO - D'ITALIA/ 40. 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
Pour le millésime 1808, il existe deux types de tranche : en relief ou en creux. La fabrication des espèces débute par la tranche en relief dont la particularité est d'être frappée sur un fond ligné constitué de cinq filets horizontaux. Très vite, la tranche inscrite en creux remplace la tranche inscrite en relief. Pointes des lances effilées.
For the 1808 vintage, there are two types of edges: raised or hollow. The production of coins begins with the raised edge, the particularity of which is to be struck on a lined background made up of five horizontal lines. Very quickly, the inscribed edge replaced the raised edge. Points of the spears tapered
For the 1808 vintage, there are two types of edges: raised or hollow. The production of coins begins with the raised edge, the particularity of which is to be struck on a lined background made up of five horizontal lines. Very quickly, the inscribed edge replaced the raised edge. Points of the spears tapered
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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