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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:JE159-1251o.jpg" title="File:JE159-1251o.jpg">300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 159, lot 1251</a> <a href="/index.php/File:JE159-1251r.jpg" title="File:JE159-1251r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 1251 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 20...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:JE159-1251o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 159, lot 1251]]<br /> [[Image:JE159-1251r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 1251 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €160 (about US$206 including buyer's fees). The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;''FRANCE, LORRAINE, Charles III (1545-1608), AR teston, s.d. (1574-1580), Nancy. D/ B. adulte, cuir. à d. R/ Ecu couronné. Très Beau à Superbe.'' ([[France]], duchy of Lorraine, Charles III, 1545-1608, undated silver teston, circa 1574-80, Nancy mint. Obverse: armored adult bust right; reverse: crowned arms. Very fine to extremely fine.)&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt; In the sixteenth century, duke Karl, tho raised at the French court and married to a French princess, considered himself a subject of the German emperor; only in Louis XIV's time did Lorraine fall into the French sphere of influence and it wasn't annexed to France until 1766. Other testons show a child's bust or a full bearded bust. Better cataloguing is needed.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' silver; this specimen 8,75 g. <br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' Flon 645, 87; Saulcy XXI, 4; coll. Robert 1458. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Roberts, James N., ''The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD)'', S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 159, Collection Harry Dewit'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Lorraine (1545-56) teston]] young bust<br /> * [[Lorraine (1574-80) 1/4 teston]]<br /> * [[Lorraine 1575 thaler Dav-9389]]<br /> * [[Lorraine (1545-1608) teston]] old bust<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1574]]<br /> * return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Selections from Jean Elsen sale 159]][[Category: Silver minors of France]]</div>

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