bfe_675280 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Niquet
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Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Niquet
Date: 153[...]
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 88506
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 83 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,80 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce niquet est frappé sur un flan court et irrégulier. Usure hommogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS. V. IMPERATOR.
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 : + MO[NETA: BIS]VNTINA: 153....
Reverse description : Écu échancré aux armes de Besançon.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Besançon 153...).
Commentary
Parmi les monnaies noires de Besançon, les niquets et les demi-niquets sont les plus rares.
Among the black coins of Besançon, the niquets and the half-niquets are the rarest.
Among the black coins of Besançon, the niquets and the half-niquets are the rarest.
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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