Triton XIX, Lot: 2774. Estimate $1500. Sold for $23500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. temp. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AV Medal (28mm, 19.02 g, 12h). Visit of Maximilian Joseph and Karoline of Bavaria to the Mint. Paris mint. By Tiolier. Dated 5 February 1810. MAXIMILIEN JOSEPH., crowned coat-of-arms with crowned leonine supporters / L. L. M. M./ LE ROI ET LA REINE. DE BAVIERE/ VISITENT LA MONNAIE. IMPERIALE DE PARIS/ LE 5 FEVRIER/ 1810. Cf. Bramsen 939; Mazard 636. Superb EF, lustrous, some hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA IV (11 December 2006), lot 485.