Petit Gros of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor from Besançon

1542

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 1.00 g, 12:00, 18.4 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Edward Augustus Bowers, LL.B. 1881
Accession Number: 2001.87.23191
Geography: Made in Besançon, France
Culture: Holy Roman Empire
Period: 16th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: CAROLVS:V:IMPERATOR Bust l.

Reverse Description: +MONE:CIVI:BISVNTINE. 1542 above shield on which two columns on wings of eagle

Provenance

Edwards Augustus Bowers, to 1920; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1920–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money

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