France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the conquest of Naples. Dated 1806. Dies by Droz and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; DROZ FECIT on neck truncation, DENON DIREXT M.DCCC.VI in two lines below / Man-headed bull walking to right, head facing, being crowned by Victory flying to right above, head of the Dioscouri below; BRENET F. to lower left, DENON D. to lower right; CONQUÊTE DE NAPLES MDCCCVI. in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 516. 34.22g, 40mm, 12h.
Mint State.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.