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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 300074, member: 50&quot;]This coin looks a little closer to the image shown on the seal though the text is different. But it is a coin. I wonder if that&#039;s whats on this seal.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coingallery.de/KarlV/France_E.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coingallery.de/KarlV/France_E.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.coingallery.de/KarlV/France_E.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.coingallery.de/KarlV/France/Fra-27.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Teston de Bretagne n.d.</b> (1515-1540), 4th type, Rennes.&nbsp; Ø ca.29 mm, ca.9 g.&nbsp; Duplessy 833.</p><p>Obv.:&nbsp;&nbsp; +FRANCISCVS<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />:G:FRANCOR:REX·BRITN.DVX&nbsp; &quot;... duke of Brittany&quot;</p><p>bust looking to the right, draped and crowned with basque beret.</p><p>Rev.:&nbsp; ⁑+⁑DEVS:IN:ADIVTORVM:MEVM:INTENDE:R&nbsp; &quot;O God, come to my assistance&quot;,&nbsp; R = Rennes.</p><p>Crowned arms of France, flanked by crowned ermines (symbol of Bretagne).</p><p>François I was the son-in-law of <a href="https://www.coingallery.de/KarlV/AnneBretagne_E.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coingallery.de/KarlV/AnneBretagne_E.htm" rel="nofollow">Anne, Duchess of Brittany (1477-1514)</a>, and succeeded to her numerous properties, in particular to Brittany. Anne was the last independent ruler of Brittany. She was also Countess of Nantes, Montfort, and Richmond, and Viscountess of Limoges. She first married Maximilian of Austria by proxy (19 Dec 1490), hoping that this alliance would keep Brittany independent. However, when King Charles VIII of France attacked the duchy, Anne was forced to break with Maximilian and marry Charles instead (6 Dec 1491). When Charles died without issue, Anne married his successor Louis XII. The union of Brittany with the French crown became irreversible, when Anne&#039;s daughter Claude married François d&#039;Angoulême, who was to become François I de France.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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