Live auction - bfe_686430 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-ducat

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-ducat MS

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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 :

Bd.1284 (15 f.) - PA.5420 (124/3, ducat, sic) - CCK.M5/1655

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).