Opinions on this medieval one?

spoon

Got this from a bid board in Tucson, AZ. It was identified as being from Beçanson, of course though I have no clue! I just like the portrait.

The image just looked flat and washed out in color, so I reduced it to black and white--shows more detail. Awesome effects in what's left of the legends.

BS

That is a cool portrait.

Sapyx

That certainly looks like the Besançon coat of arms (a German eagle pinned behind two Spanish pillars), and they always placed on the obverse a portrait of Emperor Charles V (CAROLVS.V.IMPERATOR) in honour of him giving them the mint right back in the 1500's. There aren't any coins listed in Krause before 1622, and I can't see that date being anything other than 1613, but it still fits as likely a Besançon coin.

Though it's listed under "German States" in Krause, the city is now in France, near the Swiss border.

Neat find.