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Sold on 6 March 2024

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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

David Silich

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№ 267

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6 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£110

Mercandetti, Tommaso (Italian, 1758-1821); b. Rome

FRANCE, Napoléon, 1810, a uniface copper medal by T. Mercandetti, laureate bust left, 65mm, 60.98g (Bramsen 977 bis; cf. BDM IV, 32; cf. Gadoury e39, 435). Extremely fine £40-£60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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The obverse type was paired with several reverses, notably the prize medal distributed by Napoleon in Rome on 15 August 1810, his 41st birthday.