FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL Besançon (town of), in the name of Charles V. Double pistol 158Z (1582), Besançon. Av. (at 12 o'clock) + CAROLVS. QVINTVS. IMPERATOR. Bust of Charles V, right. Rv. (at 12 o'clock) MONE: AVREA: CIVI: BISVNTINE: (date). Double-headed eagle displayed and crowned with the arms of Besançon in heart. CCK.M1/1582 - Fr.73; Gold - 13.16 g - 32 mm - 6 h Top Pop: the only graded example! NGC AT 53 (8237649-002). On a quadrangular blank, cut with shears. Good centering. Light and regular circulation wear with burnished and gilt fields. TTB to Superb.