AR 5 Francs, Bayonne mint, 1813, Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, General Coin Engraver Paris (1803-1815) and Pierre-Boniface Darripe, Mint Master Bayonne (1810-1828).
KM 694.9 mintage 1,161,000
O: laur bust r NAPOLEON EMPEREUR
R: 5 Francs within wreath EMPIRE FRANÇAIS around, 1813 below and L to lower right.
Views of Bayonne:
View of the Nive 1990
Facade of the Cathedral showing that the statuary was robbed out during the French Revolution as was common practice at that time.
a stroll along the old city walls
the cathedral cloisters
all taken in Bayonne, 1990.
portion of Jacques Louis David's "Coronation of Napoleon" (1806)
seen in May 2025 at the Denon wing of the Louvre
