France, First Empire. Napoléon I, with Napoléon II, AR Medal. Commemorating the birth of Napoléon II, the King of Rome. Dually dated 1809 and 20 March 1811. XX MARS MDCCCXI., bust of the infant Napoléon II to right, wearing infant's gown and cap / PARIS ROME, jugate busts of Paris, draped and wearing galley-shaped headdress, and Rome, draped and wearing helmet surmounted by wolf suckling twins; MDCCCIX below. Bramsen 1102. 3.89g, 19mm, 12h.
Near Mint State; attractive old cabinet tone, a sentimental and personal portrait of the infant King of Rome.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.