bfe_372256 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 30.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 30.00 €
Type : Carolus
Date: 1622
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 222 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,29 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce carolus est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Frappe décentrée au revers, une partie de la légende étant hors champ
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS: V: I.MPERATOR, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Buste de Charles-Quint à gauche, couronné, accosté du millésime 16-22.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur romain).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MO[NE: CIVI]: BISVNTINÆ, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Écu de Besançon orné de cuirs.
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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