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fwo_531466 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 2 Lire 1813 Venise

ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 2 Lire 1813 Venise VF/XF
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Type : 2 Lire
Date: 1813
Mint name / Town : Venise
Quantity minted : 213078
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,64 g.
Edge : tranche en creux
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Alfredo Meneghin

Obverse


Obverse legend : NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE // 1813 / V.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon Ier à droite.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon empereur et roi).

Reverse


Reverse legend : REGNO - D'ITALIA / 2. LIRE.
Reverse description : Écu écartelé à cinq quartiers : au 1 des États du Pape (Émilie-Romagne), au 2 de Milan, au 3 de Venise, au 4 de Ligurie, au 5 de Savoie-Sardaigne, posé sur le tout un écu d'Italie aux armes de la Couronne de Fer, entouré du collier de la Légion d'Honneur, soutenu par une aigle posée sur un foudre surmonté d'une étoile ; le tout posé sur un manteau couronné, brochant deux hallebardes.
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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