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Napoléon Bonaparte: Battle at the Pyramids

(Swiss, 1795–1877)
19th century
MintFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 42 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Henry H. Fay
Accession number13.841
On View
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ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "BONAPARTE GENERAL EN CHEF" and under bust "A.BOVY". Reverse: Inscribed above "SOLDATS! DU HAUT DE CES PYRAMIDES/40 SIECLES NOUS CONTEMPLENT", at proper right "A.BOVY", and in exergue "NAPOLEON EN EGYPTE./25 JUILLET 1798".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)
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