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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 4489655, member: 91771&quot;]Here is another coin type that I recently learned about: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://touchcoins.moneymuseum.com/coins_media/Kingdom-of-France-Henry-II-Teston/1106/obverse.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://touchcoins.moneymuseum.com/coins_media/Kingdom-of-France-Henry-II-Teston/1106/reverse.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The Teston of Henri II designed by the artist <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_B%C3%A9chot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_B%C3%A9chot" rel="nofollow">Marc Béchot</a>. Courtesy <a href="https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/coins?&amp;id=1106" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/coins?&amp;id=1106" rel="nofollow">https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/coins?&amp;id=1106</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Béchot was a medallist and coin engraver who was appointed to as the first General Engraver of Coins by Henri II. He was probably trained by an Italian gem engraver and medalist who is mentioned in Vasari: <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_del_Nassaro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_del_Nassaro" rel="nofollow">Matteo del Nassaro</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m quite enchanted by the synthesis of Italian renaissance ideals (and coin design) that resulted in this very french coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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