World Medals: Brenet, Nicolas-Guy-Antoine (French, 1773-1846); b. Paris, and Denon, Dominique Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône FRANCE, Le Code Civil, 1804, a bronze medal by N.-G.-A. Brenet for D.-V. Devon, statue of Napoléon in Roman costume, head to left, rev. statue of Minerva de Velletri, holding sceptre and scroll, 41mm, 38.57g (Bramsen 291; Zeitz 37; Alexander 45; CGMP p.38; BDM I, 274; Slg. Julius 1207; cf. Nomisma 74, 702; cf. WAG e155, 106; cf. DNW 37, 1029). About extremely fine £60-£80 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch September 2003. The Civil, or Napoléonic, Code, established on 21 March 1804, gave all male citizens equal rights, ended feudal privileges and protected private property and wealth. A copy of the statue of Napoléon, by Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763-1810), is currently in the ballroom of the Château de Compiègne. The statue of Minerva de Velletri, dated to the 1st century AD, was found at the end of the 18th century in a vineyard in Velletri, near some ruins of a Roman villa. Captured by French troops, it arrived in Paris on 7 December 1803 and is now in the Louvre