Live auction - fjt_015966 - ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY Simon Teste, conseiller du roi n.d.

ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY Simon Teste, conseiller du roi XF

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Estimate :	650 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	22 July 2025 19:17:35

Type : Simon Teste, conseiller du roi

Date: n.d.

Metal : brass

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Catalogue references :

F.1804 var (légende) - Corre.4654 var (légende)

Obverse

Obverse legend : M SIMON TESTE CONSEILLER DV ROY.

Obverse description : Armes de Simon Teste, au milieu d'un quadrilobe cantonné de S TE S TE..

Reverse

Reverse legend : ET CORRECTEVR DE SES COMPTES.

Reverse description : Monogramme.

Commentary

Peu d’informations disponibles en ligne sur le personnage, notons simplement qu’il remplit le rôle d’intendant des finances et de contrôleur général des Finances sous François Ier et que son livre d’heures, conservé, à fait l’objet d’une publication commentée à http://web2.bium.univ-paris5.fr/livanc/?cote=msfhmx1945&p=65&do=page par le Docteur Hahn à propos du Livre de Simon Teste, correcteur à la Chambre des comptes, 1481-1557, par Mademoiselle Françoise Lehoux Editeur: Impr. nationale, 1942.
Little information is available online about the character, let us simply note that he fulfilled the role of intendant of finances and general controller of Finances under François I and that his book of hours, preserved, was the subject of a commented publication at http://web2.bium.univ-paris5.fr/livanc/?cote=msfhmx1945&p=65&do=page by Doctor Hahn about the Book of Simon Teste, corrector at the Chamber of Accounts, 1481-1557, by Mademoiselle Françoise Lehoux Publisher: Impr. nationale, 1942