Medal - Napoleon I Coronation

Commemorative issue

Napoleon 1st coronation

Obverse

Laureate bust of Napoleon 1st on the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS

Reverse

Altar with symbols of power (imperial crown, scepters). Legend above and in the exergue with the Republican date of the coronation.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HONNEUR ET PATRIE
COUR. II FRIM
AN XIII.

Unabridged legend:
Honneur et Patrie
Couronnement le 11 Frimaire de l'An XIII (4 Décembre 1804)

Edge

Plain

Mint

Comments

On December 2, 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France at Notre-Dame de Paris, in the presence of Pope Pius VII.
Napoleon Bonaparte, who governed France as a dictator with the title of First Consul, took advantage of the newfound peace to consolidate his power at home and abroad.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Le 2 décembre 1804 Napoléon Bonaparte est sacré empereur des Français à Notre-Dame de Paris, en présence du pape Pie VII.
Napoléon Bonaparte, qui gouverne la France en dictateur avec le titre de Premier Consul, profite de la paix retrouvée pour affermir son pouvoir à l'intérieur comme à l'extérieur.

See also

• Coronation
• Crown
• Monarch

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