CNG 102, Lot: 1297. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AR Teston (30mm, 9.56 g, 3h). Paris mint. Struck 1540-1547. Crowned and mantled bust right; A below, pellet beneath eighteenth letter / Crowned coat-of-arms within polylobe; A below shield, pellet beneath eighteenth letter. Duplessy 895; Ciani 1118; Roberts 3472. VF, toned.