Exceptional Teston of François I

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1239. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $4500. 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 (4.52 g, 6h). Lyon mint. Second period, 1540-1547. Armored bust right, wearing radiate crown; trefoil at end of legend, annulet below 12th letter / Crowned royal coat-of-arms; D below; all within border of six arches; trefoil at end of legend, annulet below 12th letter. Duplessy 904; Ciani 1121-2; Roberts 3483. EF, areas of light toning. Great metal.