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Live auction - fwo_382237 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 5 Lire 1812 Milan
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 308 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 18:03:34 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 5 Lire
Date: 1812
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : 1849490
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25 g.
Edge : incuse
Coments on the condition:
Cette 5 Lire présente une légère usure à l’avers et des petits coups sur le listel. Le revers est de qualité, conservant son brillant d’origine. L’ensemble de la monnaie est recouvert d’une agréable patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE // 1812 / M.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon empereur et roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO - D'ITALIA// 5. 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
Variété avec les pointes de lances effilées au revers.
Variety with tapered spear points on the reverse
Variety with tapered spear points on the reverse
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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