The Lissner Collection, Lot: 363. Estimate $500. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AR Medal (40mm, 43.45 g, 12h). Conquest of Illyria. By Andrieu and Depaulis. Dated 1809 (in Roman numerals). NAPOLEON EMP ET ROI, laureate head right / Cow standing right, head left, suckling calf; above, club left; in two lines in exergue, CONQUÊTE DE L’ILLYRIE/MDCCCIX. Bramsen 879. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65. Rare in silver. Gem iridescent very light violet-blue patina over fully lustrous prooflike surfaces.