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France - 1804

Le Couronnement à Paris - copper

Obverse
Obverse:
Head of Napoleon, laureated.
Legend:
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR.
Exergue:
DENON DIR. ANDRIEU F.
Size:
40 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
Napoleon in his imperial robes, holding the staff of royalty, surmounted by the French eagle, in his right hand; he stands on a tablet or shield, which is supported by two men; one of these on the left, represents a Member of the Senate, in his official costume, with a book open behind him, on which is inscribed LOIS. LOIS. ; the other on the right, represents a French soldier, behind him an antique ploughshare, it being presumed that he had quitted the plough and became a soldier to preserve the State.
Legend:
LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE.
Exergue:
AN XIII. DENON DIR. JEUFFROY F.

Laskey:

Edwards:

Edwards - 31
Plate III. No. 1 2nd December, 1804. Medal.
Napoleon.
The senate and the people.
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR. Laureated head, to the right. Beneath: DENON DIR. (direxit). ANDRIEU F. (fecit).
R: LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE. (The senate and the people.) The senate represented by a magistrate in the garb of a Roman senator, and the people represented by a soldier bearing Napoleon on a large shield. The Emperor wears the Imperial mantle and the sword of Charlemagne, and the sceptre with the eagle is in his hand. Behind the senator is an open book inscribed: LOIX (Lois-Laws). Behind the soldier, a ploughshare. Exergue: AN XIII (year XIII.). Beneath, on the left: DENON DIR. (direxit); on the right: JEUFFROY F. (fecit). ( [40".]
Paris Medal Mint
   On the 11th Frimaire, year XIII. (2nd December, 1804), the ceremony of the coronation took place in the church of Notre Dame at Paris. The Pope blessed Napoleon and Josephine in the presence of the princes of the Imperial house, the members of the sacred college, the prelates of France, and the various other orders of the state; the corps diplomatique, and a deputation from the Italian republic were also present. Hardly had the pontiff consecrated the crown when Napoleon seized it, put it himself on his own head, and then crowned the Empress.
   Medals of four different sizes were struck on this occasion: the largest were given in gold or silver to those who assisted at the ceremony, and the smallest were thrown among the people by the heralds-at-arms. The latter were struck in such numbers as to require the employment of several dies.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 326
Le couronnement (Jeuffroy.)

NAPOLEON EMPEREUR. Tête laurée, à droite.
Rev: LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE. Un sénateur romain et un soldat portent sur un pavois Napoléon, vêtu du manteau impérial, armé de l'épée de Charlemagne et tenant le sceptre, surmonté d'un aigle. Derrière le sénateur, un livre ouvert, sur lequel on lit deux fois: LOIS. Derrière le soldat, un soc de charrue.
Exergue: AN XIII.
Dessous: DENON DIR. JEUFFROY F.
Médaille, 40 mm. T. N. 3, 1; H. m. 32, 83; M. F. 348, 8.

d'Essling:

d'Essling - 1021
Couronnement et sacre (Andrieu et Jeuffroy).
Tête laurée de Nap. à dr.
R. précédent.
Br. 41 mm.