France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, Æ Medal. Commemorating negotiations with Britain. Paris mint; Denon, mintmaster and Directeur général de Musée des Beaux Arts. Dated 1803. ARMÉ POUR LA PAIX, head to right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with Victory carrying a trophy / A BONAPARTE, crane standing to left with raised right leg; olive branch to left, thunderbolt to right, date below, DENON • DIR • G • D • MUSÉE • C • D • ARTS • in exergue. Bramsen 267; Julius 1160; Essling 933; Bourgerot 371. 1.75g, 13mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine; some lustre around the devices.
The R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.