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bfe_602967 - TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Teston ou huit gros

TOWN OF BESANCON - COINAGE STRUCK IN THE NAME OF CHARLES V Teston ou huit gros VF
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Price : 180.00 €
Type : Teston ou huit gros
Date: 1623
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Quantity minted : 91827
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 736 ‰
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce teston est frappé sur un flan irrégulier présentant quelques éclatements. Des rayures sont à noter au droit
Catalogue references :
Bd.1288  - PA.5414 var. (123/15) - CCK.M11/1623

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CAROLVS. V - IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : (Charles V, empereur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MONETA. CIV. IMP. BISONT.
Reverse description : Écu de Besançon ; au-dessus 1623.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité impériale 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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