bfe_259611 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Teston ou huit gros

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Type : Teston ou huit gros

Date: 1624

Mint name / Town : Besançon

Quantity minted : 146959

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 736 ‰

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 8,08 g.

Rarity : R1

Slab

ANACS :

Coments on the condition:

Ce teston est frappé sur un flan irrégulier, bombé et présentant un éclatement de flan à 12 heures. Faiblesse de frappe au niveau des légendes et rayures au droit

Catalogue references :

Bd.1288 - PA.5414 (123/15) - CCK.M11/1624

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CAROLVS. V - (8) - IMPERATOR.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant.

Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).

Reverse

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

Reverse description : Écu de Besançon ; au-dessus 1624.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité impériale 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.

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

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Full data

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Demi-carolus ou Blanc XF

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