bfe_329333 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus

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Type : Carolus

Date: 1619

Mint name / Town : Besançon

Quantity minted : 176282

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 240 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,27 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce carolus est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Le flan du droit est granuleux

Catalogue references :

Bd.1294 - PA.5405 (pl.123/10) - CCK.M15/1619b

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CAROLVS: V: ROMAN: IMPER.

Obverse description : Buste de Charles-Quint à droite, couronné, drapé et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant.

Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur romain).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MON: CIVIT: IMP: BISVNTINÆ.

Reverse description : Écu de Besançon ; au-dessus 1619.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité impériale de Besançon).

Commentary

Poids léger.
Lightweight

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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