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Napoléon: Arc de Triomphe
French
1806
Mint: France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze, with light patina
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 41 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.846
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Napoléon (1769-1821), emperor of France, commemorating the commissioning of the Arc de Triomphe. From the "Histoire métallique de Napoléon le Grand prepare par la class d’histoire et de literature ancienne de l’Institut Impérial".
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left wearing laureate wreath; inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON EMP.ET ROI·", on shoulder "DROZ FECIT", and under bust "DENON DIREXI/MDCCCVI".
Reverse: Arc de Triomphe at center; inscribed below "BRENET F. FONTAINE ARC. DENON D." and in exergue "AUX ARMEES/MDCCCVI.".
Obverse: Profile bust of Napoléon looking to proper left wearing laureate wreath; inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON EMP.ET ROI·", on shoulder "DROZ FECIT", and under bust "DENON DIREXI/MDCCCVI".
Reverse: Arc de Triomphe at center; inscribed below "BRENET F. FONTAINE ARC. DENON D." and in exergue "AUX ARMEES/MDCCCVI.".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "NAPOLEON EMP.ET ROI·", on shoulder "DROZ FECIT", and under bust "DENON DIREXI/MDCCCVI".
Reverse: Inscribed below "BRENET F. FONTAINE ARC. DENON D." and in exergue "AUX ARMEES/MDCCCVI.".
Reverse: Inscribed below "BRENET F. FONTAINE ARC. DENON D." and in exergue "AUX ARMEES/MDCCCVI.".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)