CNG 93, Lot: 1480. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AR Teston (28mm, 9.71 g, 5h). Paris mint. Struck 1540-1547. Crowned and mantled bust right; A below, pellet under eighteenth letter / Crowned coat-of-arms within polylobe. Duplessy 895; Ciani 1118. Near VF, toned, reverse double struck.