Live auction - fwo_374552 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 15 Soldi 1814 Milan
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 560 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 January 2017 17:00:49 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 15 Soldi
Date: 1814
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : 371
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,7 g.
Edge : incuse
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce de 15 soldi présente une usure régulière et quelques petits coups sur le listel. Elle est recouverte d’une fine patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vente Bourgey
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE / 1814.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon à droite.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon Empereur et Roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO D’ITALIA / 15.SOLDI / M.
Reverse description : couronne de fer.
Reverse translation : (Royaume d’Italie).
Commentary
Les 15 soldi de 1810 et de 1814 M sont parmi les plus rares de cette série.
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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