France, First Empire. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating the occupation of Vienna and Pressburg. Dated 1805, obverse die dated 1806. Dies by Droz and Galle; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; DROZ FECIT. on neck truncation, DENON DIREXT M.DCCC.VI in two lines below / Napoléon standing facing, as Hercules, holding club, turreted figures of Vienna and Pressburg kneeling to either side, presenting keys; PRISE DE VIENNE ET DE PRESBOURG MDCCCV. in three lines in exergue, DENON D. to lower left, GALLE F. to lower right. Bramsen 443. 36.48g, 40mm, 12h.
Mint State; attractive old cabinet tone, golden iridescence around devices. Rare in silver.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica - Numismatica Varesi, Auction 115, 28 May 2019, lot 1516.