France (1515-40)-Rouen teston

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Künker sale 386, lot 5556

This specimen was lot 5556 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,910 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH, François I, 1515-1547. Teston o. J. (1515-1540), 2. Typ, Rouen. Felder der Vorderseite min. geglättet, sehr schön +. (kingdom of France, Francis I, 1515-47, undated teston, Rouen mint. Lightly smoothed on the obverse, choice very fine.)"

This silver coin was issued prior to the reform of 1540 which established the mintmark system used in France until the twentieth century. Prior to that, each mint identified its product with a secret mark, in this case a pellet stamped into the reverse near the base of the shield. After 1540, products of the Rouen mint were mintmarked "B" (see Duplessy-904). Most of the survivors today are from the Lyon mint and have crowned "F's" on both sides of the shield.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.59 g, 0.899 fine silver, this specimen 9.34 g.

Catalog reference: Duplessy 793.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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