NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 1814 King of ITALY 40 Lire Gold Coin

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[ 2063] Certified Authentic Ancient Coin of: Napoleon Bonaparte - King of Italy: 17 March 1805 – 11 April 1814 1814 Gold 40 Lire 26mm (12.86 grams) of Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE, Bare head of Napoleon Bonaparte left, 1814 / M beneath. REGNO D'ITALIA around Napoleon's coat of arms, 40 LIRE beneath.Provided with certificate of authenticity. CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC by Sergey Nechayev, PhD - Numismatic Expert Napoleon Bonaparte ( French : Napoléon Bonaparte [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt] ; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution . As Napoleon I , he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code , has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for the wars he led against a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars , during which he established hegemony over much of Europe and sought to spread revolutionary ideals.Napoleon was born in Corsica to parents of noble Italian ancestry and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France. Bonaparte rose to prominence under the French First Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed himself as First Consul read more