Conquest of Kingdom of Naples. 1806.

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This medal was struck for the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Paris Mint at the request of the donor, Hon. Levi P. Morton, formerly U.S. Minister to France.

The reverse of this medal is taken directly from an ancient Greek coin of Naples between the years 336 and 280 B.C., but the design occurs on several coins a century earlier. The only divergence from the Greek original is in the small head beneath the bull. On one of the Greek examples it is a bee; on another Greek letters.

Conquest of Kingdom of Naples. 1806., Medalist (obverse): Bertrand Andrieu (French, Bordeaux 1761–1822 Paris), Gilt bronze, struck, French

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Conquest of Kingdom of Naples. 1806., Medalist (obverse): Bertrand Andrieu (French, Bordeaux 1761–1822 Paris), Gilt bronze, struck, French
Conquest of Kingdom of Naples. 1806., Medalist (obverse): Bertrand Andrieu (French, Bordeaux 1761–1822 Paris), Gilt bronze, struck, French

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