Live auction - fjt_1090734 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Jeton des comptes pour Besançon 1625
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Live starting : Type : Jeton des comptes pour Besançon
Date: 1625
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 6,09 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec un aspect poreux du métal. Quelques concrétions vertes au revers
Predigree :
Collection Henri Labouret
Obverse
Obverse legend : AD AMVSSIN.
Obverse description : Armes de Chevaney des Daniels.
Reverse
Reverse legend : * GETZ. DES. COMPTES. POVR. BESANCON..
Reverse description : Écu festonné aux armes de Besançon accosté de 16-25.
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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