France, First Republic. Napoléon Bonaparte, as Premier Consul, AR Medal. Commemorating the Police Prefecture of Paris. Dies by Gatteaux. Dated 1802. VIGILAT UT QUIESCANT, bust to right, wearing military attire; GATTEAUX below truncation, BONAPARTE PREM. CONSUL in two lines in exergue / Monogram of PDP with wreath of olive branches; reeded edge. Bramsen 243. 12.15g, 29mm, 6h.

Near Mint State; attractive iridescent cabinet tone. Rare.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Auktionen Münzhandlung Sonntag, Auction 30, 4 June 2019, lot 126.