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Napoléon Bonaparte, Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, and Lebrun: Consulate
Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy (French, 1749–1826)
French
1802
Mint: France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 68 mm (2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.839
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (1753-1824), and Charles-François Lebrun (1739-1824), the Consulate.
Obverse: Three profile busts, one at top, one at proper right, and one at proper left, each looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "CAMBACERES SECOND CONSUL.BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL.LEBRUN TOISIEME CONSUL.". and below "JEUFFROY".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "LE CORPS LEGISLATIF AUX CONSULS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE.", at center "PAIX/INTÉRIEURE,/PAIX EXTÉERIEURE.", and in exergue "ARRÊTÉ DU 30 FLORÉAL ANX./20 MAI/M DCCC II.".
Obverse: Three profile busts, one at top, one at proper right, and one at proper left, each looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "CAMBACERES SECOND CONSUL.BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL.LEBRUN TOISIEME CONSUL.". and below "JEUFFROY".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "LE CORPS LEGISLATIF AUX CONSULS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE.", at center "PAIX/INTÉRIEURE,/PAIX EXTÉERIEURE.", and in exergue "ARRÊTÉ DU 30 FLORÉAL ANX./20 MAI/M DCCC II.".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "CAMBACERES SECOND CONSUL.BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL.LEBRUN TOISIEME CONSUL." and below "JEUFFROY".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "LE CORPS LEGISLATIF AUX CONSULS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE.", at center "PAIX/INTÉRIEURE,/PAIX EXTÉERIEURE.", and in exergue "ARRÊTÉ DU 30 FLORÉAL ANX./20 MAI/M DCCC II.".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "LE CORPS LEGISLATIF AUX CONSULS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE.", at center "PAIX/INTÉRIEURE,/PAIX EXTÉERIEURE.", and in exergue "ARRÊTÉ DU 30 FLORÉAL ANX./20 MAI/M DCCC II.".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)