PREMIER EMPIRE - Propaganda MEDAL in honor of ELISA BONAPARTE, copper 22 mm - head diademed in the antique style, profile to the right legend ELISA SEBASTOU ADELPH (Elisa sister of the Emperor). Reverse: exergue VIA DA LUCCA A PISA (road from Lucca to Pisa), nude woman lying down, hand resting on a spinning wheel - in the field hallmark 4 in an oval and exergue signature of artists DENON and BRENET - 5.85 gr - SUP (*) this medal pays tribute to Elisa, a woman of power, who supported the arts and sculpture, Napoleon having attached Carrara and its marble quarries to his principality of Lucca and Piombino.

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