France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, with Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, as second Consul, Charles-François Lebrun, as third Consul, Lucien Bonaparte, as Minister of the Interior, and Nicholas Frochot, as Prefect of the Seine, Æ Medal. Commemorating the placement of the memorial column of the Seine. Triply dated L'An 8, 25 Messidor L'An 8 = 14 July 1800 and 14 July 1789. Dies by Gatteaux. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL CAMBACERES SECD. CONSL. LEBRUN TROISE. CONSL., jugate bust of the three Consuls to right, GATTEAUX on truncation; CONSTITUTION DE LA REPUB. FRANC AN VIII. in three lines in exergue / GUERRE DE LA LIBERTÉ LE DÉPARTEMENT DE LA SEINE A SES BRAVES, COLONNE DÉPARTEMENTALE - LUCIEN BONAPARTE ETANT MINISTRE DE L'INTERIEUR N. TH. B. FROCHOT PRÉFET DU DÉPT. DE LA SEINE A POSÉ LA PRE PIERRE LE XXV MESSIDOR AN VIII XI ANS APRES LE XIV JUILLET MDCCLXXXIX in nine lines. Bramsen 64. 90.64g, 60mm, 12h.

Mint State.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.