v22_0729 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Niquet

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Niquet F/VF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 150.00 €

Type : Niquet

Date: 1577

Mint name / Town : Besançon

Quantity minted : 88506

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 83 ‰

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 0,63 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce niquet est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant un petit choc sur la tête de Charles Quint.

Catalogue references :

Bd.1296 var. (5 f.) - PA.5392 (122/20) - CCK.M18/1577

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CAROLVS[. V. IMPE]RATOR.

Obverse description : Buste de Charles Quint à gauche, couronné et cuirassé, tenant un globe crucigère de sa main droite et une palme de sa main gauche.

Obverse translation : Charles V, empereur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MONETA: BISV[NTI]NA: 1577.

Reverse description : Écu échancré aux armes de Besançon.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Besançon 1577).

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 €