France, First Empire. Napoléon I, with Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony, Æ Medal. Commemorating the alliance with Saxony. Dated 1806. Dies by Andrieu; Denon, mintmaster. Jugate busts of Napoléon, laureate, and Charlemagne, crowned and mantled, to right; ANDRIEU. F. on bust truncation, DENON DIR. below, NAPOLEON. EMP. upwards to left, CHARLEMAGNE. EMP. downwards to right, AN M·DCCC·VI· below / Jugate busts of Vitikind, crowned and mantled, and Frederick Augustus, mantled, to right; ANDRIEU. F. on bust truncation, DENON DIR. below, VITIKIND. R. S. upwards to left, FRÉDERIC. AUG. R. S. downwards to right, AN M·DCCC·VI· below. Bramsen 551. 38.71g, 40mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.