Live auction - bfe_871341 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Quart de teston ou pièce de deux gros
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| Estimate : | 220 € |
| Price : | 156 € |
| Maximum bid : | 191 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 17:45:47 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Quart de teston ou pièce de deux gros
Date: 1624
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 270909
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 479 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,03 g.
Coments on the condition:
Quart de teston frappé sur un flan irrégulier présentant des éclatements. Présence de quelques irrégularités au revers sur les motifs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS. V - (2) - IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Charles Quint à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant ; 16-24 de part et d’autre du buste.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA. CIV. IMP. BISONT.
Reverse description : Armes de Besançon (aigle tenant deux colonnes).
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité impériale de Besançon).
Commentary
Variété en frappe médaille (12 heures).
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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TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Quart de teston ou pi
156.00 €
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