France, First Empire. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating the restoration of the Pont d'Avignon. Dually dated 1805 and year two of Napoléon as Emperor and King = 1805-1806. Dies by Andrieu. NAPOLEO IMPERATOR ET REX. AN. II. MDCCCV., laureate and draped bust to right; ANDRIEU. F. below truncation / PONTEM RHODANI FELICIORE SITV RESTITVIT, Victory flying to right, holding palm and pointing at the Pont d'Avignon, with Avignon on the right, in which large trophy stands, and Villeneuve on the left; J.B.CHAMPAGNI PRIMARIO REGIM INT. ADMINISTRO. M. A. BOVRDON VALCL. PRAEFECTO. in four lines in exergue. Bramsen 466. 35.50g, 42mm, 12h.
Mint State. Rare.
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 1550.