361, Lot: 626. Estimate $150. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Consulat. Napoléon Bonaparte. Premier Consul, 1799-1804. AV Medal (15mm, 3.13 g, 12h). Negotiations with Britain. Paris mint; Vivan Denon, Directeur général de Musée des Beaux Arts. Dated 1803. ARME POUR LA PAIX, head of Napoleon right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Victory carrying trophy / A BONAPARTE, crane standing left with right leg raised; olive branch to left, thunderbolt to right; DENON • DIR • G • D • MUSSÉE • C • D • ARTS in exergue. Bramsen 267 (example in bronze); Julius 1158 (this medal). EF, small rim nick.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Goldberg 15, 4 June 2002), lot 53; Dr. J.P. Julius Collection (Part I, Gaettens, 21 April 1959), lot 1158.