FRANCE. Teston 1559 L Bayonne Mint Francis II (1559-60, in the name of Henry II)

FRANCE. Teston 1559 L Bayonne Mint Francis II (1559-60, in the name of Henry II)

Bust of Henry II to right, laureate and cuirassed – HENRICVS·II·D·G·FRANCOR·REX·,

Crowned arms of France, accosted of two crowned H – +XPS·VINCIT·XPS·REGNAT·XPS·IMP·1559

Henri II died on July 10, 1559 after a terrible agony, caused by a wound in the eye caused by a spear during a tournament. His young son François II succeeded him but soon died in December 1560 and his brother, Charles IX, took the throne under the regency of Catherine de Medici.

Rare Mint

VF/VF+ especially for type

Roberts-3515; Dup-1033

During this period of rapid succession, and sometimes until 1562, coins continued to be minted posthumously under the name of Henry II