Napoléon Bonaparte: Battle of the Pyramids

J.-F. Antoine Bovy (Swiss, 1795–1877)

1798

MintFrance

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze

DimensionsDiameter and weight: 42 mm (1 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Bernard Coffin Weld

Accession number27.22

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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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 1927, Bernard Coffin Weld; 1927, gift of Bernard Coffin Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 6, 1927)