395, Lot: 518. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Directoire. 1795-1799. Æ Medal (51mm, 62.21 g, 12h). Conseil des Anciens. By Gatteaux. Dated L’An 6 (AD 1798/9). REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, facing fasces surmounted by pileus; cornucopias flanking; in exergue, REPRES DU PEUP/ L’AN VI; all within wreath / CONSEIL DES ANCIENS, tablet inscribed CONSTITUTION/ DE L’AN TROIS set on level; all within ouroboros (serpent devouring its own tail). EF.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (13 July 1998), lot 1379.