fwo_768723 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I Épreuve 3 Centesimi 1807 Milan
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Type : Épreuve 3 Centesimi
Date: 1807
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,12 g.
Edge : irrégulière
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été présentée à NGC mais n’a pas été mise sous coque. L’authenticité de la monnaie n’est pas remise en cause par NGC mais la surface est altéré
Predigree :
Exemplaire de la Collection Alfredo Meneghin
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE // 1807 M.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon Ier à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO D'ITALIA // 3. CENTESIMI.
Reverse description : La Couronne de Fer.
Commentary
Il existe sans doute moins de cinq exemplaires de cette très rare épreuve dûment répertoriée dans le Corpus Nummorum Italicorum.
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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