347, Lot: 663. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Besançon (libre ville imperiale). nomine Charles V. Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558. AR Carolus (20mm, 0.93 g, 8h). Type 2. Dated 1542. + CAROLVS V IMPERATOR, crowned, draped, and armored bust left; annulet to right; double annulet stops / + MONE CIVI BISVNTINE, coat-of-arms; date above; double annulet stops. Duplessy, Féodales 3038; Poey d'Avant 5391 var. (date); Roberts 7005. Near EF, lightly toned.