bfe_269517 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Blanc
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 35.00 €
Type : Blanc
Date: 1550
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 2115625
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 382 ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce blanc est frappé sur un flan ovale et irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS: V: IMPERATOR, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Buste de Charles Quint à gauche, couronné et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant ; un annelet derrière le buste.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONE - CIVI - BISV - :1550, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
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 1550).
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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