bfe_329315 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Blanc
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 45.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : Blanc
Date: 1553
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 1395132
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 382 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce blanc est frappé sur un flan court, légèrement voilé et irrégulier. Patine grise. Les reliefs sont nets
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS° V° IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Buste de Charles Quint à gauche, couronné et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant ; un annelet derrière le buste.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONE - CIVI - BISV - °1553.
Reverse description : Croix pattée coupant la légende, portant en cœur les armes de Besançon dans un écu.
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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