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Pius VII: Coronation of Napoléon
French
1804
Mint: France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 41 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.1179
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Pope Pius VII (Pope 1800-1823), commemorating the coronation of Napoléon as emperor.
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius VII looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "PIVS VII P.M.HOSPES NEAPOLIONIS IMP." and inscribed under bust "DROZ F/AN XIII".
Reverse: Façade of Notre Dame, Paris; monogram at proper right, inscribed at edge "IMPERATOR SACRATVS", below "DEN·DIR·JALEY·FEC·", and in exergue "PARISIIS·II·DEC·M·DCCCIV·/XI·FRIM·AN·XIII".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius VII looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "PIVS VII P.M.HOSPES NEAPOLIONIS IMP." and inscribed under bust "DROZ F/AN XIII".
Reverse: Façade of Notre Dame, Paris; monogram at proper right, inscribed at edge "IMPERATOR SACRATVS", below "DEN·DIR·JALEY·FEC·", and in exergue "PARISIIS·II·DEC·M·DCCCIV·/XI·FRIM·AN·XIII".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed under bust "DROZ F/AN XIII" and at edge "PIVS VII P.M.HOSPES NEAPOLIONIS IMP.".
Reverse: Inscribed below "DEN·DIR·JALEY·FEC·" and at edge "IMPERATOR SACRATVS" and in exergue "PARISIIS·II·DEC·M·DCCCIV·/XI·FRIM·AN·XIII".
Reverse: Inscribed below "DEN·DIR·JALEY·FEC·" and at edge "IMPERATOR SACRATVS" and in exergue "PARISIIS·II·DEC·M·DCCCIV·/XI·FRIM·AN·XIII".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)