France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the annexation of Rome to France. Dated 1809. Dies by Andrieu and Depaulis; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / ROME PARIS, jugate busts of Rome, draped and wearing helmet surmounted by wolf suckling twins, and Paris, draped and wearing galley-shaped headdress; DEPAULIS F. on bust truncation of Paris, DENON. D. MDCCCIX below. Bramsen 849. 43.30g, 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.