Object Description
231 MARIE LOUISE (1791-1847), sister of Ferdinand, Emperor of Austria; Empress of France (1810-15); Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, 1816 1816
Obv. Head to right, wearing diadem and necklace. Around, M . LVDOV . ARCH . AVSTR . D . G . PARM . PLAC . ET . VAST . DVX; below, SANTARELLI . F .
Rev. In a wreath of oak leaves, inscription, ADVENTV | PRINCIPIS . SVAE | PARMA | VOTI . COMPOS | XX . APR . | M . DCCC . XVI .
Bronze, struck, 41 mm.
The obverse is after a scudo by Manfredini. Marie-Louise was married to Napoleon I in 1810 and was the mother of Napoleon II. In 1814 she fled to Venice where her duchies were awarded to her in 1816.
Bibl.: Jean-Paul Divo, "Les medailles historiques frappees sous le regne de Marie-Louise d'Autriche a Parma," Revue Suisse de Numismatique 46 (1967), p. 70, no. 2; Forrer 5, p. 335; Bramsen, no. 1780; Brescia 2, p. 164, no. 250; Bianchi, pp. 207-08; Johnson, p. 78, no. 3, fig. 63.