Conquête de Naples - 1806

Side 1: NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.
Laureate head right.
Below: ANDRIEU F. / DENON DIR.T

Side 2: Victory flying crowns a bull with human face. Under the bull, a head of Vulcan. To left: BRENET F.; to right: DENON D.
In ex.: CONQUÊTE DE NAPLES MDCCCVI.

Bramsen 516, d'Essling 1129, Millin 120, Julius 1557
Mm. 41 - AE gilt
Engravers: Andrieu / Brenet

Bramsen 516 - (Brenet) Conquête de Naples (Description)

NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI. Buste lauré, à droite.
Rev. La Victoire, planant dans les airs, dépose une couronne sur la tête d'un taureau à face humaine, marchant à droite. Sous le taureau un petit buste de Vulcain. Exergue: CONQUÊTE DE NAPLES MDCCCVI.
Médaille, 41 mm. - T. N. 13, 5; H. m. 35, 120; M. F. 360, 49.

Millin-Millingen n. 120 - Plate XXXV


Obverse: Same as No. 103
Reverse: A bull with human head, crowned by a winged female figure. Under the bull, a head of Vulcan. BRENET F. DENON D. Exergue: CONQUÊTE DE NAPLES MDCCCVI. (P.M.).
The type of the reverse is taken from the ancient coins of the city of Naples. The head of Vulcan, under the bull, alludes to the volcano of Vesuvius. The French army entered Naples on the 15th February, 1806, under the command of Prince Joseph, afterwards made king.

 

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