CNG 105, Lot: 1100. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. 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 (29mm, 9.56 g, 2h). Paris mint; mm: crown and pellet beneath 18th letter. Crowned and mantled bust right; A below / Crowned coat-of-arms within tressure of arches; A below. Duplessy 895; Ciani 1118. VF, toned, slightly double struck.