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v22_0695 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus XF
MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 35.00 €
Estimate : 55.00 €
Realised price : 51.00 €
Number of bids : 13
Maximum bid : 70.00 €
Type : Carolus
Date: 1542
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 944549
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 531 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,96 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce carolus est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant des reliefs assez nets
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + CAROLVS° V° IMPERATOR, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Buste de Charles-Quint à gauche, couronné, drapé et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant ; un annelet derrière la tête.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + MONE° CIVI° BISVNTINE, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Écu de Besançon, au-dessus 1542.
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.

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