J.JOUANNIN . F. DENON D (on the lower part of the bust)
Bust of Napoleon facing, slightly to left, wearing a crown of lotus flowers.
L’EGYPTE CONQUISE / MDCCXCVIII. / BRENNET. F. DENON. D. (in exergue)
Napoleon laureate standing left, holding sceptre in right hand and resting left on hip, in a biga decorated with crossed quivers and pulled by camels richly caparisoned according to Egyptian fashion; to left, the obelisk of Cleopatra and the column of Pompey; above, Victory flying right, holding palm in right hand and wreath in extended left.