395, Lot: 521. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. temp. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (42mm, 38.29 g, 12h). Athénée du Vaucluse – Prize Medal. By Andrieu. Dated 1811 (in Roman numerals). River-goddess Sorgue reclining left, resting arm on overflowing jug; to left, two wreaths set on plinth, upon which rests a lyre; cliffs of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse in background; in exergue, MUSIS ARVIBUS ARVIS/ MDCCCXI / G DE STASSART PRÉSIDENTDE L’ATHÉNÉE DE VAUCLUSE A F PETRARQUE MDCCCXI, wreath. Bramsen 1144. Good VF, brown surfaces. Not presented.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.