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teston (iou)



teston noun. . M16.
[Obsolete French, or from Italian testone from testa head from Latin testa tile: see -OON.]
Numismatics.
Orig., a silver coin struck at Milan by Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Duke of Milan 1468-76), bearing a portrait or head of the duke. Later, any of various similar or equivalent silver coins (with or without a portrait) used in Italy and France. M16.
An English coin, usu. of debased metal bearing a portrait of the monarch, originally worth a shilling but rapidly devalued. M16.
A Scottish silver coin weighing about 76 grains, originally bearing a portrait of Mary Stuart. M16.
A silver coin first coined by Manoel I of Portugal c 1500, originally weighing 122 grains (later less). Also, an obsolete Italian coin. L16.