Watch List notes:

France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, Æ Medal. Commemorating the Battle of Marengo. Dated year 8 = 1800. Dies by Lavy, reverse after painting by Appiani. BONAPARTE PRIMVS CONSVL, head to left; LAVY below truncation, ANNO VIII· beneath / XII. MVNITISSIMIS OPPIDIS VNA DIE AD DEDITIONEM COACTIS, Hercules standing to right and raising Italy seated to left next to dead tree, Victory inscribing HOSTIBVS PROPE MARENGAM FVSIS on shield behind and sun rising in the distance with the star of Napoléon at its centre; A. APP. INV. L. F. to left and right on ground line, RESPVBLICA CISALPINA RESTITVTA in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 42. 65.34g, 52mm, 12h.

Near Mint State.

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