Lorraine 1527 teston
This specimen was lot 901 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "LORRAINE: Antoine, 1508-1544, AR teston, 1527, Nancy Mint, a very attractive example, VF-XF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." Altho the duke doubtless spoke French, he did not consider himself a subject of the king of France but rather of the emperor. The province would not fall under French domination until after the Thirty Years War and was not annexed until the death of the last duke in 1766. This type was struck 1513-1517, 1523-27, 1531-32, 1536-38, 1541-44.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 9.05 g, 0.899 fine silver, this specimen 9.37 g.
Catalog reference: Boudeau-1514.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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