FRANCE, Premier République. Directoire. Napoléon Bonaparte. General de l'armée d'Italie, 1796-1797. Æ Medal (63mm, 56.24 g, 12h). Foundation of the Cisalpine Republic. By Manfedini. Struck 1797. NAPOLEONE BONAPARTE, uniformed bust of Napoléon right / REPVBBLICA CISALPINA, helmeted personification the Cisalpine Republic seated left, holding fasces and pileus set on pole; arms, armor, and plow around. Hennin 792. Brown surfaces, die breaks. EF.
From the David J. Fleischmann Collection.