282, Lot: 491. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Consulat. 1799-1804. Æ Medal (59mm, 94.13 g, 12h). Restrike issue. Commemorating the Battle of Marengo and the Passage of the St. Bernard. By J.-P. Montagny after B. Andrieu. Dually-dated L’An VIII (1800). BONAPARTE PERMIER CONSUL DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRAN, bust of Napoléon Bonaparte right; below, scene of the Battle of Marengo on plaque; in background, military and musical instruments; in three lines in exergue, BATAILLE DE MARENGO/LE XXVI PRAIRIAL/AN VIII / Napoléon (as Jupiter) on horseback rearing left, holding reins and preparing to hurl thunderbolt; in three lines in exergue, PASSAGE DU GD ST BERNARD/LE XXV FLOREAL/AN VIII. Edge: (cornucopia) BRONZE. Cf. Bramsen 33 (for prototype); cf. Julius 784 (same). EF, brown surfaces.