Lot Archive

Lot

№ 178

.

16 March 1994

Estimate: £40–£50

France, Napoleon, Grand Sanhedrin, 1806, copper medal by Depaulis, Dupré and Denon, bust right, reverse Napoleon receiving bearded figure, 41mm (Br. 527; J. 1574). Later striking of the Paris mint, extremely fine, scarce

Of Jewish interest. The Grand Sanhedrin took place on 30 May 1806