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fwo_992273 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 10 soldi 1808 Milan

ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 10 soldi  1808 Milan VF
25.00 €(Approx. 27.00$ | 20.75£)
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Type : 10 soldi
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : 174948
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,35 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Collection d’un descendant du Comte Jacques Defermon (1752-1831) ministre d'État et directeur des finances de 1808 à 1815

Obverse


Obverse legend : NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE // 1808.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon Ier à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : REGNO D'ITALIA / 10 SOLDI / M.
Reverse description : La Couronne de Fer.

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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