Live auction - bfe_686430 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-ducat
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Estimate : | 2 000 € |
Price : | 1 650 € |
Maximum bid : | 1 650 € |
End of the sale : | 07 September 2021 18:01:16 |
bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Demi-ducat
Date: 1655
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 979 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce ducat est frappé sur un flan assez large. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et ayant conservé l’essentiel de son brillant de frappe
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente sur offres n° 4 de Poinsignon, n° 83
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLVS (ROSE) V - (ROSE) / I-MPERATOR.
Obverse description : Charles-Quint en pied debout à droite, couronné, en armure, tenant une main de justice de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Charles, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DVCATVS/ .CIVIT./ BISVNT/ AD (ROSE) LEG/ IMP (ROSE) 1655.
Reverse description : en cinq lignes dans un cartouche carré orné de cuirs.
Reverse translation : (Ducat de la cité de Besançon...).