Watch List notes:

France, First Empire. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating the decree of the Napoleonic Code. Dated L'An 12 = 1804. Dies by Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., statue of Napoléon standing to left, wearing laureate crown and in Roman dress; BRENET F. to lower left, DENON D. to lower right / EN L'AN XII. LE CODE CIVIL EST DECRETÉ (flower), depiction of the Minerva of Velletri; BRENET F. DENON D. in two lines to lower right. Bramsen 291. 38.60g, 42mm, 12h.

Near Mint State; edge contact at 9h, attractive old cabinet tone. Rare.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Auktionen Münzhandlung Sonntag, Auction 30, 4 June 2019, lot 132.