France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, Æ Medal. Commemorating the restoration of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Dated 18 Germinal L'An 10 = 8 April 1802. Dies by Andrieu. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL, head to right; ANDRIEU FECIT on truncation / RÉTABLISSEMENT DU CULTE., personification of France advancing to right, holding the mirror of Prudence, taking hand of the personified Catholic Church, seated to left in ruins of cathedral; cross and open book to right, façade of Notre Dame to left, pillar surmounted by rooster standing to right and shield emblazoned with thunderbolt behind; LE XVIII GERMINAL AN X in exergue, ANDRIEU FECIT below. Bramsen 213. 68.52g, 51mm, 12h.
Mint State.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.