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Live auction - bfe_524431 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Double pistole à la grosse tête (quadruple pistolet)

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Double pistole à la grosse tête (quadruple pistolet) XF
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Estimate : 15 000 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 04 June 2019 17:43:24
Type : Double pistole à la grosse tête (quadruple pistolet)
Date: 1580
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 911 ‰
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 13,14 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette double pistole est frappée sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe. Infime défaut de flan superficiel au-dessus de la tête de l’empereur. Monnaie ayant été montée anciennement et présentant une tranche légèrement limée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la vente de Monnaie et médailles de Bâle, 27-28 novembre 1964, n° 782 et de la vente Bourgey, 21 avril 1989, n° 197

Obverse


Obverse legend : + CAROLVS: QVINTVS: IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Grosse tête laurée de Charles Quint à droite.
Obverse translation : Charles V, empereur).

Reverse


Reverse legend : (COURONNE) MONE: AVREA: CIVI: BISVNTINE: 1580.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale nimbée portant en cœur un écu aux armes de Besançon.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie d’or de la cité de Besançon 1580).

Commentary


Monnaie de la plus grande rareté connue à seulement trois exemplaires. Combinaison de coins A2/R2 (CCK, n° 1580, p. 71), le seul exemplaire connu utilisant ces coins, les deux autres connus étant issus des coins A1/R1.

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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