CNG 100, Lot: 854. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Repubblica Subalpina. 1800-1801. AV 20 Francs (22mm, 6.41 g, 6h). Torino mint. Dated year 10 (1801). Laureate and helmeted female bust left / Denomination and date within wreath. Pagani 4a; KM (C) 5; Friedberg 1172. Choice VF. Underlying luster. Mintage of 1,492.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Sotheby Park Bernet (16 July 1981), lot 362.

Commemorating Napoleon’s victory at the Battle of Marengo in June of 1800, in which the Austrian forces were driven from Italy.