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A Collection of French Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman

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№ 796

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3 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£220

Birth of the King of Rome, 1811, a copper medal by F. Stuckhart, medallions displaying busts of Napoleon and Maria Louisa within wreath, eagle on thunderbolt below, rev. Genius presenting infant prince to seated Empress, 50mm (BDM V, 705). Extremely fine, some die-breaks on obverse £100-£120

Prince Napoleon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte (1811-32), King of Rome and briefly (1815) Emperor Napoleon II