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August 2018 ANA - Sess. A, B, D 14 & 16 Aug 2018
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FRANCE. Besancon. City Coinage. 2 Pistolets, 1579. NGC AU-50.
Fr-73. Large bearded laureate head right in circle, "CAROLVS: QVINTVS: IMPERATOR." Emperor Charles V who granted the city the coinage right on condition that all coins struck would bear his portrait; Reverse: Imperial eagle with City Arms, "MONE. AVREA. CIVI: BISANTINAE", bold date 1579. Slightly off-round with satiny luster in the fields and nearly full legends. VERY RARE as a type and the sharpest example we have seen. NGC AU-50.
Estimate: $5000.00- $7000.00
Fr-73. Large bearded laureate head right in circle, "CAROLVS: QVINTVS: IMPERATOR." Emperor Charles V who granted the city the coinage right on condition that all coins struck would bear his portrait; Reverse: Imperial eagle with City Arms, "MONE. AVREA. CIVI: BISANTINAE", bold date 1579. Slightly off-round with satiny luster in the fields and nearly full legends. VERY RARE as a type and the sharpest example we have seen. NGC AU-50.
Estimate: $5000.00- $7000.00