CNG 91, Lot: 1637. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. 1804-1814. AR Medal (40mm, 43.07 g, 12h). Conquest of Illyria. By Andrieu and Depaulis (after the Illyrian cow and calf coinage series). Dated 1809 in Roman numerals. NAPOLEON EMP ET ROI, laureate head right / Cow standing right, head left, suckling calf; above, club left; in two lines in exergue, CONQUÊTE DE L’ILLYRIE/MDCCCIX. Bramsen 879. EF, toned. a few edge nicks. Rare in silver.