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v46_0478 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Liard

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Liard VG
MONNAIES 46 (2010)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 303.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 387.00 €
Type : Liard
Date: 1607
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 35019
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 125 ‰
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,60 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce liard est frappé sur un flan irrégulier présentant un éclatement. Exemplaire présentant une forte usure et une surface granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES 22, n° 731

Obverse


Obverse legend : + DEO. ET[. CAES]ARI 1607.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Dieu et César).

Reverse


Reverse legend : [+] MO[.] C[IVI. BIS]VNT.
Reverse description : Armes de Besançon en plein champ (aigle éployée tenant deux colonnes).
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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