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Teston - Louis XII
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1514 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | + LVDOVICVS : DEI : GRA : FRANCORVM : REX |
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The teston was France's first large silver coin struck with a realistic portrait, introduced under Louis XI and refined under Louis XII in direct imitation of the Italian testone — itself a Milanese innovation of the 1470s. Louis XII had personal reasons to embrace the format: his Italian campaigns gave him direct exposure to the Sforza coinage, and his claim to Milan meant adopting its monetary prestige carried political weight. This 1514 issue is among the final testones struck under his reign; Louis XII died on January 1, 1515, making late-dated pieces chronologically tight against his death.