Triton XIX, Lot: 2773. Estimate $3000. Sold for $80000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Consulat. Napoléon Bonaparte. Premier Consul, 1799-1804. AV Medal (36mm, 36.94 g, 6h). Visit to the Mint. Paris mint. By Tiolier. Dated 21 Ventose L’An XI (12 March AD 1803). BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL., bare head right / LE I^ER/ CONSUL/ VISITE L’HÔTEL DES/ MONNAIES/ LE 21 VENTOSE/ AN XI.. Bramsen –; Mazard 629. Choice EF, lustrous, some hairlines. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Sotheby’s (13 February 1986), lot 380.