373, Lot: 540. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Convention nationale. 1792-1795. CU Medal (74mm, 203.80 g, 12h). By N. Gatteaux. Paris mint. Undated, but struck 1797. Athena standing left on tablet inscribed N · GATTEAUX · F ·, holding wreath and spear / LA/RÉPUBLIQUE/FRANÇAISE/À SES/DÉFENSEURS in five lines within laurel wreath. Hennin 809; Bramsen –. Near EF, brown patina, hint of die rust, die breaks on reverse, some spots of verdigris, remnant of label on reverse .