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''Recorded mintage:'' 122,604 including a few demi-testons. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 122,604 including a few demi-testons. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 9.59 g, .899 fine silver, this specimen 9.32 g. | + | ''Specification:'' 9.59 g, 0.899 fine silver, this specimen 9.32 g. |
''Catalog reference:'' Dupl-1069; Ci-1359; Laf-899, Sb-4610. | ''Catalog reference:'' Dupl-1069; Ci-1359; Laf-899, Sb-4610. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition,'' Paris: Maison Platt, 1999. | * Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition,'' Paris: Maison Platt, 1999. | ||
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* Roberts, James N., ''The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD)'', S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996. | * Roberts, James N., ''The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD)'', S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996. | ||
* 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. | ||
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* [[France 1564-K ecu d'or|1564-K ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | * [[France 1564-K ecu d'or|1564-K ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | ||
* [[France 1564-M ecu d'or|1564-M ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | * [[France 1564-M ecu d'or|1564-M ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | ||
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* [[France 1565-M teston|1565-M teston]] | * [[France 1565-M teston|1565-M teston]] | ||
* [[France 1567-L teston|1567-L teston]] | * [[France 1567-L teston|1567-L teston]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:02, 1 April 2026
This specimen was lot 1761 in Jean Elsen sale 117 (Brussels, June 2013), where it sold for €100 (about US$158 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Charles IX (1560-1574), AR teston, 1564 L, Bayonne. 3e type. Droit: B. l. et cuirassé à gauche. Revers: Ecu couronné, entre deux K couronnés. Eclat du flan. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Charles IX (1560-74), silver teston of 1564, Bayonne mint, third type. Obverse: laureate and armored bust to left; reverse: crowned arms between two crowned 'K's'. Rim bump, very fine.)"
This teston is listed in Duplessy for the Bayonne mint 1562-74, which used crowned "K's" instead of "C's". Sombart reports eleven known of this date, making it fairly common.
Recorded mintage: 122,604 including a few demi-testons.
Specification: 9.59 g, 0.899 fine silver, this specimen 9.32 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl-1069; Ci-1359; Laf-899, Sb-4610.
- 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.
- 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, Vente Publique 117: Collection Jean-Jacques Symoens, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses fils, S.A., 2013.
Link to:
- 1563-D teston
- 1563-L teston
- 1563-M teston
- 1564-H teston
- 1564-M teston
- 1564-E écu d'or au soleil
- 1564-H écu d'or au soleil
- 1564-I écu d'or au soleil
- 1564-K écu d'or au soleil
- 1564-M écu d'or au soleil
- 1565-H teston
- 1565-M teston
- 1567-L teston
- Coins and currency dated 1564
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)