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v22_0712 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus VF
MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 12.00 €
Estimate : 25.00 €
Realised price : 12.00 €
Type : Carolus
Date: 1617
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 699931
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 240 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,36 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce carolus est frappé sur un flan irrégulier recouvert d’une forte patine grise. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + [CAR]OLVS: V: ROMAN: IMPER:.
Obverse description : Buste de Charles-Quint à droite, couronné, drapé et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur romain).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + MON: CIVIT: IMP: BISV[NT]INÆ.
Reverse description : Écu de Besançon ; au-dessus 1617.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité impériale 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.

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