FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (40.5mm, 43.12 g, 12h). Annexation of the Remaining Papal States to France, 17 May 1809. By Andrieu and DePaulis. Denon, director. Dated 1809 (in Roman numerals). NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head right / ROME to left, PARIS to right, conjoined helmeted and draped busts of Rome and Paris left; MDCCCIX below. Bramsen 849. Red-brown patina, a few marks. EF.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.