v46_0479 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Niquet
MONNAIES 46 (2010)
Starting price : 240.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 552.00 €
Starting price : 240.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 552.00 €
Type : Niquet
Date: 160[?]
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 83 ‰
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,74 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce niquet est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et est recouvert d’une patine verte. Une partie des légendes sont hors flan. Faiblesse de frappe sur la tête de l’aigle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARO[LV]S. V: IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Buste de Charles Quint à gauche, couronné et cuirassé, tenant un sceptre de sa main gauche.
Obverse translation : Charles V, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [+] MONETA: BISVNTINE: 160[?].
Reverse description : Écu échancré aux armes de Besançon.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie 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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