FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AR Teston (29mm, 9.45 g, 5h). Paris mint; mm: A, 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. Toned, minor weakness in legends. Good VF. Strong portrait.