Summary
Medal Route de Nice a Rome 'From Nice to Rome', Issued by Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor Napoleon I), France, 1807
Artists: Bertrand Andrieu and Ramond Gayrard
Minted by Paris Mint
Obverse Description
Laureate head facing right; around, NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.; on neck truncation, ANDRIEU F.
Reverse Description
The goddess Fortuna seated on a rocky shore, half draped, her left arm rests on a wheel; her right hand hand is placed on top of the highest mountain; in exergue, ROUTE DE NICE A ROME / MDCCCVII; on exergue line in small lettering, GAYRARD F. DENON DIR.
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
"The exergue denotes the place of his departure (Nice) on his going to Rome, for the purpose of taking possession of that city and the ecclesiastical states; or the whole of the reverse may probably allude to his route over dreary mountains and rapid rivers during this peregrination." Laskey, p.155
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1807 AD
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Series
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Material
Bronze
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Axis
12
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Dimensions
41 mm (Outside Diameter), 35.9 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Laskey XCIV
[Book] Laskey, J. C. Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte., 154-155 Pages
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