France / Italy, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal 1805 commemorating the coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy in Milano, Denon, Bramsen 418, Bronze 40 mm, weight 37,90 g., Condition aUNC/XF, beautiful brown patina with luster, small scratches and edge nicks
A hybrid stamps featuring a different portrait of Napoleon and the signed only ANDRIEU F. on the neck.
France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the Battle of Wagram, 1809, Manfredini, Milan Mint, Bramsen 862, Julius 2112, d`Essling 1243, Bronze 40 mm, weight 40,93 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster.
Italy (Parma) / France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal Maria Luisa of Austria Duchess of Parma, 1815, by Donaldi, Obverse: Bust facing right, no legend, Reverse: Legend in seven lines: MARIA LUIGIA / PRINC. IMP. ARCID. / D`AUSTRIA / PER LE GR. DI DIO DUCH. / DI PARMA PIAC. / E GUAST. / 1815; in small lettering near the rim, DONALD`I F., Bramsen 1695, Julius 3435, Bronze 40 mm, weight 29,05 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster, exquisitely preserved piece, original minting. Extremely rare type of medal, virtually unheard of on the collector`s market. Few listed copies mostly are later castings.
Italy. Venice. St. Mark`s Basilica medal, 1854 by Jacques Wiener.
Obv: On the obverse, the facade of the multi-domed Basilica of San Marco (1850-1876), above the entrance four horses, at the bottom in six lines the history of the basilica. Rev: Interior perspective toward the altar under the great dome. Signed J. Wiener Bruxelles. Van Hoydonck 65, Bronze 59,8 mm, weight 87.84 g., Condition XF, dark nice patina, small edge nicks
Italy. John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II) medal, The Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Maria Czestochowa), gilded metal 50 mm, weight 57,80 g, Condition aUNC