294, Lot: 925. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Besançon (libre ville imperiale). nomine Charles V. Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1556. AR Écu de Besançon brochant sur l’aigle impériale (42mm, 27.90 g, 6h). Posthumous issue, dated 1661. Charles V, crowned and in armor, standing right, holding scepter and globus cruciger; date across field / Crowned and double-headed nimbate imperial eagle; arms of Besançon on breast. Duplessy, Féodales 3075; Poey d'Avant 5422 var. (date). VF, toned, a few adjustment marks.