v22_0707 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus

VG/VF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 12.00 €
Estimate : 25.00 €
Realised price : 12.00 €

Type : Carolus

Date: 1611

Mint name / Town : Besançon

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 240 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 1,49 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce carolus est frappé sur un flan irrégulier présentant un léger éclatement à 3 heures au droit. Exemplaire tréflé au revers et recouvert d’une légère patine grise et taché

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.5402 (pl.123/6) - CCK.M15/1611

Obverse

Obverse legend : [+] CAROLVS: QVINTVS[: IMP]ERATOR.

Obverse description : Buste de Charles-Quint à gauche, couronné, drapé et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant.

Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MONETA: CI[VITAT]: BISVNTINE.

Reverse description : Écu de Besançon ; au-dessus 1611.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité de Besançon).

Historical background

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V

(1534-1674)

Charles Quint (1500-1558) was the son of Philippe le Beau and Jeanne la Folle. He became Duke of Burgundy (Franche-Comté) in 1506. To thank his minister, Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle (1486-1550), a native of Besançon, Charles conceded on May 8, 1534 to the city the right to mint coins on condition of to include his effigy on the obverse. After his abdication in 1556 and his death in 1558, the Besançon continued to include the face of the emperor on the coinage.

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-carolus ou Blanc XF

120.00 €

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