Triton XVII, Lot: 1025. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Besançon (libre ville imperiale). nomine Charles V. AV Demi Pistole (21mm, 3.28 g, 6h). Dated 1653. (rosette) CAROLVS • V • IMPERATOR • AVG, laureate and draped bust of Charles V right / (star) MON • AVR • CIVIT • IMP • BISVNTINA • 1653, crowned imperial double-headed eagle with coat-of-arms on breast. C&K M3/1653; Friedberg 75. Good VF, toned. Rare.