376, Lot: 711. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. PB Hub Trial (68mm, 147.10 g, 12h). Baptism of Napoléon II. By Andrieu. Denon, director. Struck 1811. Incuse laureate bust right; incuse ANDRIEU F. retrograde in truncation of bust; incuse DENON D. retrograde below bust / Blank surface consisting of plaster of Paris fill. Cf. Bramsen 1126 (for completed medal); cf. CNG E-368, lot 676 (for restrike of completed medal). VF, lead surface toned with a number of scratches, plaster surface with brownish patina and a few cracks. Possibly unique. An object of interest to the collector of Napoleonic medals.