France 1570-M 1/2 teston
Revision as of 20:56, 19 July 2022 by LatinKing2020 (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, ''Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction,'' Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022." to "Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, ''Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction,'' Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.")
This specimen was lot 1731 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "France. ½ Teston, 1570-M (Toulouse). Charles IX, 1560-1574. Laureate head left. Reverse: Crowned arms of France, between two crowned C's., date in Roman numerals. PCGS graded Extremely Fine Detail (Scratch)." Sombart[2] reports three known in his survey, making this a very scarce date. The half teston had a face value of six sols tournois.
Recorded mintage: 275,400[2], mostly testons.
Specification: 4.79 g, .899 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Sb 4604, Dupl-1064; Ciani-1366.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.
Links to: