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Napoléon Bonaparte: Battle of the Pyramids

(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)