France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Celebrating the Salle de Laocoon in the Musée Napoléon (Louvre). 1804. Dies by Andrieu; Denon, mintmaster. Laureate head to right, ANDRIEU F. below / View of the Salle de Laocoon from the entrance with multiple statues within, ANDRIEU F. and DENON D. on the step of the entranceway; MUSÉE NAPOLÉON in exergue. Bramsen 367. 19.90g, 34mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin.
The R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.
Between 1803 and 1814 the Louvre was re-named the Napoléon Museum and remained such until 1815 when Napoléon abdicated.