Summary
Medal Fete Du Couronnement, Issued by France, 1804
Artist: Nicholas Guy Antoine Brenet
Minted by Paris Mint
Obverse Description
Conjoined busts of Napoleon, wearing a laurel wreath, and Josephine, wearing a diadem, facing rightaround, NAPOLEON JOSEPHINE; below busts in small letters the artist's name, BRENET
Reverse Description
The French eagle wearing a laurel wreath, seated on branches of oak and laurel between rock formations; around above, FIXA PERENNIS IN ALTO SEDES; in exergue in four lines, FETES DU COURONNEMENT / DONNEES / A L'HOTEL DE VILLE / AN XIII
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
This medal commemorates a night of grand entertainment put on by the City of Paris for Napoleon and Josephine on 16 Jan. 1804
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1804 AD
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Issued By
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Artist
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Mint
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Series
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Material
Bronze
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
35 mm (Outside Diameter), 21.17 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Laskey XLIV
[Book] Laskey, J. C. Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte., 83 Pages
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