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Museum number: M.5210
Description: Struck bronze medal. (whole); Bust of Napoleon I, right. crowned with a wreath of laurel. (obverse); Hercules, standing centre, wrestles a triton into the air who struggles with an outstretched arm to reach for the ground; the triton has fish tails for feet and coiling serpent-like legs. (reverse)
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Production date: 1804
Production place: Made in: France
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Dimensions: Diameter: 39.000 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2015 Feb-Aug, BM, Rm 90, Bonaparte and the British
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical mythological figure/creature; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (Napoleon); Representation of: Herakles/Hercules; Representation of: Antaeus
Associated places: Named in inscription: London (reverse)
Associated events: Associated Event: Preparation for the invasion of England (1804); Associated Event: First French Empire (1804 - 1814)
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: M.5210

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