Bronze Medal of Bonaparte, Napoleon, 1798–1798. 2000.1.84

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/2000.1.84

Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 36.412
    • Diameter (in mm): 41

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal
  • Date: 1798

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1798
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: Circul.leg. in French: BONAPARTE GENERAL EN CHEF
    • Type: Bust of Gen. Bonaparte r.
    • Portrait: Bonaparte, Napoleon

  • Reverse

    • Legend: Circul.leg. in French: SOLDIERS: FROM THE HEIGHTS OF THESE PYRAMIDS 4O CENTURIES LOOK DOWN ON US/ NAPOLEON IN EGYPT/ 26 JULY 1798
    • Type: Napoleon l. on horseback facing r. addresses his assembled troops; in background 4 pyramids

References

  • Citation: F.90

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 2000.1.84
  • Lot: 2000.1
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Friedenberg, Daniel M.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States