Summary

Medal 'Le Couronnement d Paris', 'Coronation of Napoleon', Issued by France, 1804
Minted in Paris

Obverse Description

Laureate head of Napoleon facing right, around, NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., below head in smaller lettering, DENON DIR. / ANDRIEU F.

Reverse Description

Napoleon, in his imperial robes, holding the staff of royalty, surmounted by the French eagle, in his right hand; he stands on a tablet or shield, which is supported by two men; one of these on the left, represents a Member of the Senate, in his official costume, with a book open behind him, on which is inscribed LOIS. LOIS.; the other on the right, represents a French soldier, behind him an antique ploughshare, it being presumed that he had quitted the plough and became a soldier to preserve the State. Legend, LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE. Exergue, AN XIII; in smaller lettering near rim. DENON DIR . JEUFFROY F.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

"to perpetuate the great event of the Coronation of Napoleon to be Emperor of the French" Laskey p.76

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