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Live auction - bfe_379659 - BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - FRANCIS PHOEBUS Demi-blanc à l'écu

BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - FRANCIS PHOEBUS Demi-blanc à l écu VF
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Estimate : 1 000 €
Price : 480 €
Maximum bid : 500 €
End of the sale : 19 April 2016 15:42:24
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Demi-blanc à l'écu
Date: c. 1480
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,32 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce blanc est frappé sur un flan assez large, voilé et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et sur laquelle la croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + FRANCISC[VS:] F: D: G: DNS: BEAR.
Obverse description : Écu de Béarn sommé d’un besant.
Obverse translation : (François Phébus, par la grâce de Dieu, seigneur de Béarn).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + PA[X: ET:] HONOR: FORQVIE: MOR.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 1 d’un E oncial, au 4 d’une F onciale.
Reverse translation : (Paix et honneur à la Fourquie de Morlaàs).

Historical background


BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - FRANCIS PHOEBUS

(1479-1483)

François Phébus is the son of Gaston de Foix and Madelaine, daughter of the King of France Charles VII. He died on January 30, 1483. His sister, Catherine, succeeded him but lost most of the Trans-Pyrenean Navarre.

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