bfe_843728 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Gros
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Price : 220.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 220.00 €
Type : Gros
Date: 1623
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 267592
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 312 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et large. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS. V - (I) - IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Charles Quint à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA. CIV. IMP. BISONT.
Reverse description : Deux colonnes, portant en cœur la lettre B couronnée, accostées du millésime 16-23.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité impériale 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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