Coins and Historical Medals

First Distribution of the Légion d’Honneur and the Camp de Boulogne, 1804, a copper medal by R. Jeuffroy and L. Jaley, Napoleon seated right on raised platform awarding medal to soldier, rev. plan of the camp, 41mm (Bramsen 318; cf. Julius 1247; d’Essling 1017). Extremely fine or better £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Napoleonic Medals from the Collection of Antony Griffiths.

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The obverse design is a direct numismatic reference to the first- and second-century sestertii showing the emperor distributing largesse to the citizens of Rome