France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Memorialising the statue of Desaix in the Place de Victoire. Dated 4 August 1810. Dies by Andrieu and Brenet; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation / Heroic statue of Desaix facing, holding sword and raising arm, with aquila to left, head of Sphinx and obelisk behind and fallen obelisk at feet; A DESAIX IV AOUT MDCCCX. in two lines in exergue, BRENET F. to lower left, DENON D. to lower right. Bramsen 976. 38.12g, 40mm, 12h.

Fleur De Coin.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 103, 14 September 2016, lot 1121 (part of).