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bfe_700604 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Carolus AU
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Carolus
Date: 1552
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 299831
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 531 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,96 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce carolus est frappé sur un flan irrégulier, large et légèrement voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + CAROLVS° V° IMPERATOR°, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Buste de Charles-Quint à gauche, couronné, drapé et cuirassé, vu de trois quarts en avant ; un annelet derrière la tête.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + MONE° CIVI° BISVNTINE, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Écu de Besançon, au-dessus °1552.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité 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.

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