E-auction 614-595462 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 10 Soldi Napoléon Empereur et Roi d’Italie 1811 Milan - M
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Type : 10 Soldi Napoléon Empereur et Roi d’Italie
Date: 1811
Mint name / Town : Milan - M
Quantity minted : 2044478
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,39 g.
Edge : incuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE / 1811.
Obverse description : portrait à droite.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon Empereur et Roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO D’ITALIA / 10.SOLDI / M.
Reverse description : couronne de fer.
Reverse translation : (Royaume d’Italie).
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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