CNG 93, Lot: 1908. Estimate $750. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Consulat. 1799-1804. AR Medal (60mm, 100.00 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 26 Prairial and 25 Floréal L’An 8 (14 June and 15 May 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: Plain. Bramsen 33; cf. Julius 784 (bronze). EF, attractively toned, with underlying luster.