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bfe_249872 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 15.00 €
Type : Carolus
Date: 1594
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 1358190
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 240 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce carolus est frappé sur un flan un peu court et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine noire. Monnaie usée
Catalogue references :
Bd.-  - PA.5402 (pl.123/6) - CCK.M15/1594

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CARO[LVS: QVINTVS: I]MPE [GR]ATI.
Obverse description : Buste de Charles-Quint à gauche, couronné, drapé et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [+ MONET]A: CIVI LI: BE: SENTI.
Reverse description : Écu de Besançon ; au-dessus 1594.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité de Besançon).

Commentary

Poids léger.

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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