France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ 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. 37.74g, 42mm, 12h.
Mint State.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.