France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the French Army at the Dniepr. Dated 1812. Dies by Andrieu and Brandt; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / Borysthenes seated to left on rocks, resting left elbow on overflowing urn, reeds behind, aquila in background; DENON. D. to lower left, BRANDT. F. to lower right; L'AIGLE FRANÇAISE SUR LE BORYSTHÈNE M. DCCCXII. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 1158. 38.07g, 41mm, 12h.
Mint State.
From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.