v22_0748 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-teston

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-teston VF/XF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 900.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 300.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 3 000.00 €

Type : Demi-teston

Date: 1623

Mint name / Town : Besançon

Quantity minted : 2420

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 581 ‰

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,91 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce teston est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente des faiblesses de frappe au niveau des légendes et de la tête de l’empereur. Le droit présente un léger tréflage

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - PA.5415 var. (123/16 var.) - CCK.M.12/1623

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CAROLV[S.] V - (4) - IMPERATOR.

Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Charles Quint à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, portant l’ordre de la Toison d’or ; 16-23 en accostement du buste.

Obverse translation : (Charles Quint, empereur des romains).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MONETA. CIV. IMP[.] BISONT.

Reverse description : Les deux colonnes d’Hercule sommées chacune d’une couronne impériale ; un philactère avec l’inscription PLEVT / [A] / DIEV couvrant le centre des colonnes.

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

Commentary

Type monétaire très rare et recherché. Exemplaire probablement unique.

Historical background

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

(1555-1676)

Charles V said Charles Quint was born in Ghent on February 25, 1500 from the union of the Archduke Philippe le Beau and Jeanne la Folle. On the paternal side he was the grandson of Maximilian I of Habsburg and on the maternal side, grandson of the Catholic Kings, Ferdinand and Isabella. He became ruler of the Netherlands when his father died in 1506, when he was only 6 years old. A period of regency was exercised by his aunt Margaret of Austria until his emancipation before the States General on January 5, 1515. On January 23, 1516, his maternal grandfather died and he acceded to the throne of Spain under the name of Charles I. After the death of Maximilian I, Charles was elected German Emperor on June 28, 1519, under the name of Charles V. This election was at the origin of a long conflict which opposed him to the King of France François I. Charles Quint abdicated on October 25, 1555 from his possessions in the Netherlands and then on January 16, 1556 from his Spanish possessions. He died on September 21, 1558 in the monastery of San Jeromino de Yuste.