bfe_1068337 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Blanc
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Blanc
Date: 1537
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 33159
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 222 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,42 g.
Coments on the condition:
Blanc frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Présence de faiblesses de frappe et usures sur les deux faces. Hairlines et rayures suite à un nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS * V * IMP[E]RAT, (PONCTUATION PAR QUATREFEUILLES).
Obverse description : Buste de Charles Quint à gauche, couronné et cuirassé.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONE * CI * BISVNTI * 1537, (PONCTUATION PAR QUATREFEUILLES).
Reverse description : Armes de Besançon dans un écu.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité de Besançon 1537).
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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