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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | 3 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 March 2025 16:46:21 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Écu d’or
Date: avant 1541
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : gold
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,40 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cet écu d’or est frappé sur un flan large, légèrement irrégulier et voilé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : :+: HENRICVS. D: G. REX: NAVAR: D: B, (ANNELET SOUS L’R DE HENRICVS).
Obverse description : Écu de Béarn couronné sous un soleil.
Obverse translation : (Henri, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Navarre, seigneur de Béarn).
Reverse
Reverse legend : :+: GRATIA: DEI: SVM: ID: QVOD: SVM.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée dans un double quadrilobe portant des fleurons dans les angles.
Reverse translation : (Grâce à Dieu, je suis ce que je suis).
Commentary
Écu d’or particulièrement rare frappé avant 1540 avec ce type de croix.
Particularly rare gold shield struck before 1540 with this type of cross
Particularly rare gold shield struck before 1540 with this type of cross
Historical background
BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - HENRI D'ALBRET
(1516-1555)
Henri d'Albret (1503-1555) is the son of Jean II d'Albret and Catherine de Foix. He succeeded his father in 1516. In 1527, he married Marguerite d'Angoulême (1492-1549), sister of François I. He is the father of Jeanne de Navarre (1528-1572) and the grandfather of Henri IV. It was he who rubbed his grandson with a clove of garlic and placed him in a cradle made of turtle shell at the Château de Pau.
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