Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIV 28 Mar 2022
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France, First Empire. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating the breaking of camp at Boulogne and the crossing of the Rhine. Dually dated 24 August and 25 September 1805, obverse die dated 1806. Dies by Droz and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; DROZ FECIT on neck truncation, DENON DIREX. M. DCCC. VI in two lines below / L'EMPEREUR COMMANDE LA GRANDE ARMÉE, eagle standing to right, head to left, before sceptre resting across draped pulvinar, thunderbolt above; LEVÉE DU CAMP DE BOULOGNE LE XXIV. AOUT MDCCCV. PASSAGE DU RHIN LE XXV SEPBRE. MDCCCV. in four lines in exergue, BRENET. F. on ground line to left and DENON. D. to right. Bramsen 430. 36.83g, 40mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin; a beautifully detailed reverse, attractive iridescent toning.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, 7 January 2018, lot 30398;
Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 389, 18 January 2017, lot 1352.
Fleur De Coin; a beautifully detailed reverse, attractive iridescent toning.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, 7 January 2018, lot 30398;
Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 389, 18 January 2017, lot 1352.