CNG 100, Lot: 2156. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Besançon (libre ville imperiale). nomine Charles V. AR Franc (31mm, 13.17 g, 8h). Dated 1596. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right / Coat-of-arms. C&K M10/1596 (this coin cited). Fine, toned. Apparently second known and only one in private hands.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 94 (18 September 2013), lot 1726; Archer M. Huntington Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 856 (HSA 1001.1.21934).