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v22_0728 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Blanc

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Blanc F/XF
MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 20.00 €
Estimate : 45.00 €
Realised price : 40.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 55.00 €
Type : Blanc
Date: 1580
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 333 ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,66 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce blanc est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire présentant des reliefs très nets au revers et faibles au droit. Une patine grise le recouvre
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : [+] CAROLVS. V. IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Buste de Charles Quint à gauche, couronné et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : Charles V, empereur).

Reverse


Reverse legend : MO[NE] - CIVI - BISV - 1580.
Reverse description : Croix pattée coupant la légende, portant en cœur les armes de Besançon dans un écu.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité de Besançon 1580).

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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