France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, Æ Medal. Commemorating the stay of the King and Queen of Etruria in Paris. Dually dated 21 Prairial L'An 9 and 10 June 1801. AU ROI D'ETRURIE., open book inscribed CODE TOSCAN placed on horizontal fasces, upon which a sword rests and from which scales are suspended; wreath of flowers woven around, caduceus behind; 10 JUIN 1801. in exergue / (flower) A' MARIE LOUISE JOSEPHINE (flower), Genius of France standing to right and offering rose, Gallic rooster standing at feet to right; 21 PRAIRIAL AN 9. in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 152. 26.77g, 33mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine; some surface marks on reverse.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.