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Napoléon Bonaparte: Battle of Marengo

Andrea Appiani (Italian, 1754–1817)

Carlo Michele Lavy (Italian (Turin), 1765–1813)

1800

MintTurin, Italy

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze

DimensionsDiameter and weight: 53 mm (2 1/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of the Boston Numismatic Society

Accession number98.1225

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "BONAPARTE PRIMVS CONSVL" and "ANNO VIII" and under bust "LAV·". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "XII MVNITISSIMIS OPPIDIS VNA DIE AD DEDITIONEM COACTIS", on tablet "HOSTERVS/PROPE/MARENGVM/FVSIS", below "A.A.PP.INV", and in exergue "RESPVBLICA CISALPIN/RESTITVTA".ProvenanceBy 1898, Boston Numismatic Society; 1898, gift of the Boston Numismatic Society to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1898)