France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the construction of the Arc de triomphe du Carrousel. Dated 1806. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / Arc de Triomphe in the Place du Carrousel; AUX ARMÉES MDCCCVI. in two lines in exergue, BRENET F. FONTAINE ARC. DENON D. below. Bramsen 557. 37.14g, 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.