Watch List notes:

France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, Æ Medal. Commemorating the Organization of Public Education. Dated year 4 of the Consulat = 1802/3. Dies by Andrieu; Denon, mintmaster. Bare head to right; ANDRIEU F. below truncation / Roman youth reading scroll seated to left on plinth inscribed DENON DIREXIT ANDRIEU FECIT in four lines; bag of scrolls at his feet, star above, palm frond to left; L'AN IV DE BONAPARTE L'INSTRUCTION PUBE· EST ORGANISÉE in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 214. 38.27g, 40mm, 12h.

Mint State.

The R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.