France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the reunion of Venice with Italy. Dated 26 December 1805, obverse die dated 1806. Dies by Droz and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; DROZ FECIT. on neck truncation, DENON DIREXT M.DCCC.VI. in two lines below / The Ponte di Rialto in Venice, dolphin, galley, and serpent above; VENISE RENDUE A L'ITALIE XXVI. DÉCEMBRE MDCCCV. in four lines in exergue, BRENET F. below ground line to left, DENON D to right. Bramsen 460. 36.35g, 40mm, 12h.

Fleur De Coin.

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