Watch List notes:

France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the founding of the École Française des Beaux Arts in Rome. Dually dated 1803 and 1812. ★ ECOLE FRANÇAIS DES BEAUX ARTS A ROME RETABLIE ET AUGMENTEE PAR NAPOLEON EN 1803, helmeted head of Minerva to left, surrounded by wreath, symbols of arts and science around / Napoléon enthroned to left, laureate and wearing imperial mantle, holding wreath and sceptre balanced in crook of arm; E. GATTEAUX. ROME. 1812 in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 1178. 97.05g, 58mm, 12h.

Mint State.

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