Spink > Auction 392Auction date: 14 January 2024
Lot number: 121

Price realized: 525 USD   (Approx. 480 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Collection of Napoleon AE Medals by Andrieu | France, First Republic, Napoleon, Coronation, AE Medal, 1804, by Andrieu and Jeuffroy, NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate bust right, rev. LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE, Politician and soldier raising a platform where Napoleon stands with aquila, law book to left, plough to right, 42mm, 30.27g (Bramsen 326); Capitulation of Ulm & Memmingen, AE Medal, 1805, by Andrieu and Jaley, NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI., laureate bust right, rev. Napoléon driving galloping biga to right, being crowned by Victory flying to left above, holding palm frond and wreath; two figures of Ulm and Memmingen kneel to left below, XVII . OCTUBRE . MDCCCV CAPITULATION D'ULM . DE MEMMINGEN LX MILLE . PRISINNIENE, in exergue in four lines, 42mm, 37.87g (Bramsen 433); Annexation of Liguria to France, AE Medal, 1805, by Andrieu and Brenet, rev. Napoléon standing facing, head to right, embracing Liguria, 42mm, 38.22g (Bramsen 422); Confederation of Rhine, AE Medal, 1806, by Andrieu and Brenet, rev. Fourteen German princes standing, their hands on fasces topped by eagle, 42mm, 39.06g (Bramsen 534); Conquest of Silesia, AE Medal, 1807, by Andrieu, rev. Victory seated to left, engraving tablet with sword, while Pax stands to left in the background, looking over her shoulder; column composed of seven crowns, 42mm, 38.20g (Bramsen 635); Commemorating the orphans of the Légion d'Honneur, AE Medal, 1810, by Andrieu and Depaulis, rev. orphan seated in front of grave, holds book, ORPHELINES DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR MDCCCX, in exergue in three lines, 42mm, 31.89g (Bramsen 980); Battle of Moscow, AE Medal, 1812, by Andrieu and Jeuffroy, rev. French Hussar on horseback riding right, raising sword and trampling two fleeing Russian soldiers, 42mm, 37.10g (Bramsen 1162; Julius 2528);Capture of Vilnius, AE Medal, 1812, by Andrieu, revEstimate: 500 - 800 USD

Match 1:
St. James's Auctions Ltd > Auction 89Auction date: 18 April 2024
Lot number: 358

Price realized: 300 GBP   (Approx. 374 USD / 351 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


France, Napoleon I, Coronation 1804, silver medal, by B. Andrieu and R. Jeuffroy, laureate bust right, rev. Napoleon lifted aloft on a shield by a senator and soldier, 40.5mm. (Br. 326; d'E 1020; Julius 1258), die flaw to upper left edge of field on reverse, nearly extremely fine

Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 556Auction date: 21 February 2024
Lot number: 901

Price realized: 375 USD   (Approx. 348 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


FRANCE, Hundred Days. Napoléon I. 1815. Æ Medal (40mm, 33.07 g, 12h). The Return of Napoléon to Paris. By Andrieu and Brenet. Denon, director. Dated 26 February and March 1815 (in Roman numerals). Crowned eagle flying left, head right, clutching medal in beak; in exergue, XXVI. FEVRIER/MDCCCXV / Napoléon standing right with arms crossed; to right, French peasant standing left, arms raised in supplication, and soldier standing left, holding rifle; in exergue, RETOUR DE L'EMPEREUR/MARS MDCCCXV. Bramsen 1591. Brown surfaces, scattered marks and dings. Good VF.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 6409

Price realized: 140 CHF   (Approx. 159 USD / 148 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I, 1804-1814, 1815. Medal 1806 (Bronze, 41 mm, 34.77 g, 12 h), on the Battle of Jena on 14 October. By L. Manfredini. NAPOLEO GALL. IMP. ITAL. REX GERM. RVTH. BORVSSICVS Crowned and laureate head of Napoléon to right. Rev. SAXONIA LIBERATA BORVSSIS DELETIS / IENAE Zeus seated to left on eagle, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and scepter in his left. Bramsen 539. Fresh and sharp. Cleand and with light marks, otherwise, good extremely fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 4:
Spink > Auction 23129Auction date: 26 January 2024
Lot number: 10155

Price realized: 260 GBP   (Approx. 330 USD / 305 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


France, The Dumont d'Urville Expedition of Antarctica (1837-1840), AE Medal, 1837, by Barre, LOUIS PHILIPPE I. ROI DES FRANCAIS., laureate bust left, rev. VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, EXPLORATION DU POLE AUSTRAL, ten line inscription, 12h, 56.38g, some deposits to the fields, otherwise with a handsome flashy lustre and toning beneath light brown surfaces, much as struck in original wooden case of issue; France, 300th Anniversary of the Reform of the Church of France, AE Medal, 1859, by A. Bovy, PREMIER SYNODE NATIONAL DES ÉGLISES RÉFORMÉES DE FRANCE, scene of the Synod, 26_28 MAY M . D. LIX in exergue, rev. TROISIÉME JUBLIÉ SÉCULAIRE DE L'ÉGLISE RÉFORMÉE DE FRANCE, open book, 29 MAI 1859 in exergue, 68mm, 145.59g (Whiting 729), small patch of staining to obverse, otherwise pleasing brown surfaces and a residual deep in the fields, much as struck; France, Pupilles de la Marine, AE Medal, 1862, by Barre, NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate bust right, rev. PUPILLES DE' LA MARINE, Allegorical figure of the Navy, seated in profile, anchor before her, convers children with outstretched veil, LE CTE CHASSELOUP-LAUBAT MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES, in exergue in three lines, 60mm, 110.79g (Divo 468), with the most handsome toned and lustrous fields, as struck, in case of issue (3).

Estimate: £300 - £400

Match 5:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 654

Price realized: 160 GBP   (Approx. 203 USD / 187 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


France, First Empire. Napoléon I Æ Medal. Commemorating the formation of the Banque de France. Dated 1809. Dies by Droz. NAPOLEON EMPEREUR ET ROI., laureate head to right; J. P. DROZ FECIT AN 1809 in two lines below truncation / Female figure, seated on throne to left, handing medal to old man standing to right, whom Mercury, standing facing between and holding caduceus, presents to her; dog at feet to left, barrels and sacks with coins spilling out at feet to right; J. P. DROZ. F. to left on ground line. Bramsen 918. 168.71g, 68mm, 12h.

Near Mint State; minor rim contact marks.

Ex R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXIV, 28 March 2022, lot 1849;
Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3063, 16 January 2018, lot 34275.

Estimate: 200 GBP