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This specimen was lot 46377 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. Teston, 1550-D. Lyon Mint. Henry II. PCGS VF-35. Singular example graded by PCGS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This ''teston à la tête couronnée'' was struck at numerous mints 1549-61 with the bulk of the output completed 1550-57. Sombart<sup>[2]</sup> notes four known of this date, making it the most common for the year. Of the 102 examples noted by Sombart, 34 were of the 1552-D. | This specimen was lot 46377 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. Teston, 1550-D. Lyon Mint. Henry II. PCGS VF-35. Singular example graded by PCGS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This ''teston à la tête couronnée'' was struck at numerous mints 1549-61 with the bulk of the output completed 1550-57. Sombart<sup>[2]</sup> notes four known of this date, making it the most common for the year. Of the 102 examples noted by Sombart, 34 were of the 1552-D. | ||
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Revision as of 20:09, 19 October 2025
This specimen was lot 46377 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Teston, 1550-D. Lyon Mint. Henry II. PCGS VF-35. Singular example graded by PCGS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This teston à la tête couronnée was struck at numerous mints 1549-61 with the bulk of the output completed 1550-57. Sombart[2] notes four known of this date, making it the most common for the year. Of the 102 examples noted by Sombart, 34 were of the 1552-D.
Recorded mintage: 41,769[2] including a few demi-testons.
Specification: 9.59 g, 0.899 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dup-981; Ciani-1264; Lafaurie-819, Sb 4554.
- 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, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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