FRANCE, First Republic. Directory. Napoléon Bonaparte. General of the Army of the Orient, 1798-1799. WM Jeton (32mm, 11.98 g, 12h). Return from the Egyptian Campaign. Dated 1799. BUONOPARTE LIBERATEUR DE L'EGIPTE, uniformed bust left / LE HEROS RENDU A SA PATRIE, Mercury flying left, head right, holding scroll and winged caduceus; pyramids in background; in exergue, IETTON/ 1799. Hennin 922. Minor marks. Near EF.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Jacques Schulman.