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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4969250, member: 110350&quot;]I decided to take quick photos of one of my Napoleonic medals, just to show how directly the reverse designs on such medals can follow numismatic motifs found on Roman coins.&nbsp; It would be a nice-looking medal if it didn&#039;t have so many discolored areas on both sides. (It wasn&#039;t me; I swear!)</p><p><br /></p><p>France AR Medal Peace of Luneville, 1801 Artist: Bertrand Andrieu; minted by Paris Mint. Obv.: Bust of Bonaparte, head bare, facing right; around, BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRAN.SE.; on bust truncation, ANDRIEU F./ Rev.: Pax standing left with olive branch in raised right hand and cornucopia held in left arm; around, PAIX DE LUNEVILLE; in exergue, LE XX. PLUVOISE / AN IX [<i>= 9 Feb. 1801</i>]; on ground left in small letters, ANDRIEU F.&nbsp; Reference: Laskey XXI. 41 mm, 38.74 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194325[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194326[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison purposes, here&#039;s a denarius of Octavian from 32-31 BCE (RIC I 252), with a similar reverse design of Pax with olive branch and cornucopia, that I found in the CNG Archives. (See <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318332" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318332" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318332</a> for a full description.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194328[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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