Obverse: A detailed portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte facing right
Obverse legend: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DENON DIR.// ANDRIEU F..
Reverse: Napoleon I standing facing on a shield, in coronation costume, holding a long scepter ending in an eagle; the shield is supported by a senator and a soldier
Reverse legend: LE SENAT – ET LE PEUPLE ; À L’EXERGUE AN XIII. DENON DIR. – JEUFFROY F..
Edge: Smooth.
Engraver A/ Bertrand Andrieu (1761-1822) R/ Romain Vincent Jeuffroy (1749-1826)
Mint: Paris
Year: L’AN XIII (1804)
Napoleon I and his wife Joséphine were crowned Emperor and Empress of the French on Sunday, December 2, 1804.
Metal: Bronze
Weight ±: 32 g
Diameter: ± 40 mm
Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed!
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