Live auction - bfe_574953 - BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - GASTON DE FOIX Baquette
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 16:46:26 |
Type : Baquette
Date: c. 1455-1471
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,58 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette baquette est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et assez court. De petites faiblesses de frappe sont à noter mais un très bel exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GASTON L - O CONS.
Obverse description : Croix latine coupant la légende en bas, cantonnée aux 1 et 2 d’un besant, au 3 d’un G.
Obverse translation : (Gaston...).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + ONOR FORCAS.
Reverse description : Vache à gauche.
Reverse translation : (Honneur à la Fourquie).
Historical background
BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - GASTON DE FOIX
(1436-1471)
Gaston IV, husband of Eleanor of Navarre, received the government of Navarre under the Treaty of Barcelona. He had completed the pacification of Gascony at the end of the Hundred Years' War (1453). His son François becomes king of Navarre in 1479.
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