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[[Image:France JElsen 132-744.jpg|550px|thumb|from Jean Elsen sale 132, lot 744]]
 
[[Image:France JElsen 132-744.jpg|550px|thumb|from Jean Elsen sale 132, lot 744]]
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[[Image:SB222-73602o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73602]]
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This specimen was lot 744 in Jean Elsen sale 132 (Brussels, March 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Henri II (1547-1559), AR teston du moulin, 1558A, Paris. 4e type. D/ B. l. et cuir. à d. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Rare Fines griffes. Beau à Très Beau.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Henry II (1547-59), silver milled teston of 1558, Paris mint, fourth type. Obverse: laureate, cuirassed bust to right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Rare, fine scratches, fine to very fine.)"</blockquote> This teston was struck at the Paris mint 1554-58 along with the usual hammered coinage (Dupl-983). Milled coinage was experimental in the sixteenth century and would not be generally adopted in France until the reform of 1640-42, being strongly resisted by the moneyers' guild.
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The first specimen was lot 744 in Jean Elsen sale 132 (Brussels, March 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Henri II (1547-1559), AR teston du moulin, 1558A, Paris. 4e type. D/ B. l. et cuir. à d. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Rare Fines griffes. Beau à Très Beau.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Henry II (1547-59), silver milled teston of 1558, Paris mint, fourth type. Obverse: laureate, cuirassed bust to right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Rare, fine scratches, fine to very fine.)"</blockquote> This teston was struck at the Paris mint 1554-58 along with the usual hammered coinage (Dupl-983). Milled coinage was experimental in the sixteenth century and would not be generally adopted in France until the reform of 1640-42, being strongly resisted by the moneyers' guild.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' est. 29,835.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' est. 29,835.
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''Specification:'' 9.59 g, .899 fine silver, this specimen 9,22 g.  
 
''Specification:'' 9.59 g, .899 fine silver, this specimen 9,22 g.  
  
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''Catalog reference:'' Dupl-990; Ci. 1285; Laf. 828, Sb 4588.
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''Catalog reference:'' Dupl-990; Ci. 1285; Laf. 828, Sb 4588. The second specimen is Roberts-3535.  
  
 
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* Sombart, Stéphan, ''Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610)'', Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
 
* Sombart, Stéphan, ''Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610)'', Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 132,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2017.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 132,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2017.  
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* <sup>[2]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
  
 
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* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]
 
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]
  
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[[Category:Silver minors of France]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 132]]
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[[Category:Silver minors of France]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 132]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale]]

Revision as of 21:07, 27 July 2022

from Jean Elsen sale 132, lot 744
from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73602
SB222-73602r.jpg

The first specimen was lot 744 in Jean Elsen sale 132 (Brussels, March 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Henri II (1547-1559), AR teston du moulin, 1558A, Paris. 4e type. D/ B. l. et cuir. à d. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Rare Fines griffes. Beau à Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Henry II (1547-59), silver milled teston of 1558, Paris mint, fourth type. Obverse: laureate, cuirassed bust to right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Rare, fine scratches, fine to very fine.)"

This teston was struck at the Paris mint 1554-58 along with the usual hammered coinage (Dupl-983). Milled coinage was experimental in the sixteenth century and would not be generally adopted in France until the reform of 1640-42, being strongly resisted by the moneyers' guild.

Recorded mintage: est. 29,835.

Specification: 9.59 g, .899 fine silver, this specimen 9,22 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl-990; Ci. 1285; Laf. 828, Sb 4588. The second specimen is Roberts-3535.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 132, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2017.
  • [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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