Medallions & Numismatics

Gold & silver commemorative medallions for the 1810 civil marriage of Napoleon I and Marie-Louise, with designs signed Andrieu and Galle.

Gold on copper medallion inserted in a pressed horn snuff box, King Joseph Napoleon is shown in a deliberately austere, classical profile: bareheaded, without uniform, crown or decorations. This treatment imitates an ancient Roman imperial portrait and presents him as a legitimate sovereign rather than merely Napoleon’s elder brother.

A collection of silver coins issued across the French Empire and its satellite kingdoms during the Napoleonic period. The group includes examples from France, Italy, Naples, Holland, Westphalia, Spain, and Lucca and Piombino, bearing portraits of Napoleon and members of his family alongside imperial, royal and regional emblems. Together, they illustrate the varied monetary systems […]

Two medallions in silver and bronze, 32mm, commemorating the coronation of Napoleon on 2 December 1804 (11 Frimaire, Year XIII), designed under the direction of Dominique Vivant Denon and engraved by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu. The obverse bears a laureate portrait of Napoleon facing right, inscribed NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, while the reverse depicts the Emperor in coronation robes […]

Circular commemorative medal by Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet, issued in Year XIII (1804) for the coronation festivities held at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The obverse presents conjoined right-facing profiles of Napoleon, laureate, and Joséphine, diademed and draped, surrounded by the inscription NAPOLEON – JOSEPHINE and signed BRENET below. The reverse depicts a laurel-crowned imperial eagle […]

A circular portrait jeton of Napoleon, of a type issued in 1796, showing the young general in right-facing profile with long hair and an embroidered military uniform, surrounded by the inscription “HÉROS BUONAPARTE.” The reverse bears “LES FRUITS DE SES ACTIONS” (“The fruits of his actions”) above the date 1796, enclosed within a wreath. Both […]