Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon (1747-1825) being Director of the Mint (1802-1815).
Napoléon / Organisation de l'instruction publique an X [1802]
Napoleon / The establishment of public education
1802
bronze
medal and plaquette
Dimensions (HxWxD): D. 1 1⁄2; weight: 0,085 lbs
obverse:
signed at lower: ANDRIEU F.
reverse:
inscribed at right: DENON /DIREXIT / ANDRIEU / FECIT
inscribed at lower: L'AN IV DE BONAPARTE / L'INSTRUCTION PUB EST / ORGANISEE
Acc. No.: 2001.87.2703
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery / http://artgallery.yale.edu
© Artist : public domain
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