v44_0590 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-ducat
MONNAIES 44 (2010)
Starting price : 520.00 €
Estimate : 800.00 €
Realised price : 681.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 825.00 €
Starting price : 520.00 €
Estimate : 800.00 €
Realised price : 681.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 825.00 €
Type : Demi-ducat
Date: 1655
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 979 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce ducat est frappé sur un flan régulier et assez large. Usure régulière
Catalogue references :
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...).
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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