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Auction: 13015 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 337

France, Marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise, 1810, silver medal by Manfredini, 43.56g, heads right, manfredini f below, rev. saevum procul martem felix teda relegat, Hymen repulsing Mars, M.F. on exergual line and date below,43mm. (Br.961; Ess.1294; J.2273; TN.39,10 var.), very fine

The medallist has misquoted the poet Claudian, and teda should of course be taeda.

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