France 1562-D teston
This specimen was lot 41108 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Teston, 1562-D. Lyon Mint. Charles IX. NGC AU-53." Duplessy lists this type for 1562-72, one of several (Dupl-1063, -1067, -1069, -1071, -1072b, -1073) bearing the portrait of the boy king Charles IX. During the Wars of Religion, which broke out during his reign, the protestants seized and operated several mints. This subtype, struck only at Lyon, lacks the crowned "C's" or crowned "K's" on the reverse as seen on the products of the other mints. Sombart reports sixteen known of this date, making it common.
Recorded mintage: 140,836 including a few half testons.
Specification: 9.59 g, .899 fine silver, this specimen 9.41 g.
Catalog reference: Sb 4618 (24 examples reported), Dupl-1071.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Link to:
- 1561-L teston
- 1561-M teston
- 1561-Z teston du Dauphiné, struck in the name of Henry II
- 1562-H teston
- 1562-L teston
- 1562-Z teston du Dauphiné
- 1562-A écu d'or au soleil
- 1562-D écu d'or au soleil
- 1562-K écu d'or au soleil
- 1562-N écu d'or au soleil
- 1562-9 écu d'or au soleil
- 1563-D teston
- 1563-L teston
- 1563-M teston
- 1563-Z teston du Dauphiné
- Coins and currency dated 1562