v28_1320 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-ducat

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-ducat XF

MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 685.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 2 025.00 €

Type : Demi-ducat

Date: 1655

Mint name / Town : Besançon

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 979 ‰

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,72 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce ducat est frappé sur un flan régulier et présente des stries d’ajustage sur le cartouche du revers et sur le buste de Charles Quint

Catalogue references :

Bd.1284 (15 f.) - PA.5420 (124/3, ducat, sic) - CCK.M5/1655

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAROLVS (ROSE) V - (ROSE) / I-MPERATOR.

Obverse description : Charles-Quint en pied debout à droite, couronné, en armure, tenant une main de justice de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la gauche.

Obverse translation : (Charles, empereur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DVCATVS/ .CI[V]IT./ BI[SV]NT/ AD [(ROSE) LE]G/ IMP (ROSE) 1655.

Reverse description : en cinq lignes dans un cartouche carré orné de cuirs.

Reverse translation : (Ducat 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.

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

70.00 €

Full data

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-carolus ou Blanc XF

120.00 €