France 1567-T teston
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This specimen was lot 74644 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Teston, 1567-T. Nantes Mint. Charles IX. PCGS AU-55. From the Richard August Collection." This type, worth 12 sols tournois, was struck 1561-75 with four examples of the 1567-T reported by Sombart. Nantes is an uncommon mint. Note the date in Roman numerals.
Recorded mintage: 58,293, including some demi-testons[2].
Specification: 9.59 g, 0.899 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Sb 4602, Dupl-1063.
- 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.
- [2]Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- 1566-M teston
- 1567-D teston
- 1567-K teston
- 1567-L teston
- 1567-A écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-B écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-F écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-H écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-I écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-K écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-M écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-N écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-R écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-T écu d'or au soleil
- Coins and currency dated 1567
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)