v16_1440 - 20 francs Marengo 1802 Turin VG.845
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 895.00 €
Number of bids : 25
Maximum bid : 1 000.00 €
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 895.00 €
Number of bids : 25
Maximum bid : 1 000.00 €
Type : 20 francs Marengo
Date: An 10 (1801-1802)
Mint name / Town : Turin
Quantity minted : 1492
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,43 g.
Edge : feuilletée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Petites marques de manipulation. De petites traces d’usure sur le laurier, le drapé et la couronne. La pièce conserve encore une partie de son brillant d’origine au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : L'ITALIE DÉLIVRÉE À MARENCO.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et drapé de l'Italie à gauche ; au-dessous signé A.L..
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ/ *ERIDANIA*.
Reverse description : 20/ FRANCS/ -/ L'AN 10. en quatre lignes dans une couronne.
Historical background
ITALY - SUBALPINE GAUL
(06/16/1800-09/11/1802)
The second Italian campaign was one of General Bonaparte's most brilliant. He crossed the Alps between May 16 and 20, 1800, on June 2, he seized Milan, defeated the Austrians at Montebello on June 9 and at Marengo on June 14 where Desaix was killed. On June 16, the armistice of Alexandria in Piedmont put an end to the campaign and the Austrians withdrew beyond the Po. Following this armistice, a new republic was proclaimed: the Subalpine Republic, or Subalpine Gaul, with Turin as its capital. The annexation of Piedmont to France, on September 11, 1802, put an end to this ephemeral republic.
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