bfe_251661 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Quart de teston ou pièce de deux gros
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Price : 70.00 €
Type : Quart de teston ou pièce de deux gros
Date: 1623
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 270909
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 479 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,41 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart de teston est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. De petites aspérités de surface
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CARO[LVS.] V - (2) - IMP[ERAT]OR.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Charles Quint à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant ; 16-23 de part et d’autre du buste.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [+ MONETA]. CIV. IMP. BISONT.
Reverse description : Armes de Besançon (aigle tenant deux colonnes).
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité impériale de Besançon).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Axe à 12 heures.
Very light weight. 12 o'clock axle
Very light weight. 12 o'clock axle
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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