Live auction - bfe_1067283 - NAVARRE-BEARN - HENRY III Franc
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 1 050 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 050 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 December 2025 16:09:29 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Franc
Date: 1578
Mint name / Town : Pau
Metal : silver
Diameter : 34,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 14,04 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce franc est frappé sur un flan large et régulier avec un petit éclatement à 3 heures au droit. Monnaie présentant de hauts reliefs et recouverte d’une patine grise avec de petites taches
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie n° 93 de la collection Jean-Claude Ungar, p. 71
Obverse
Obverse legend : HENRICVS* II* D* G* REX* NAVARRE* (D ET B LIÉS) 1578, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES), (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE FLEURON À QUATRE PÉTALES).
Obverse description : Grand buste de Henri III de Navarre lauré et cuirassé à droite avec le petit col gaufré, l'armure ornée d'un masque de lion ; sous le buste, vache à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Henri II, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Navarre, seigneur de Béarn).
Reverse
Reverse legend : *GRATIA* DEI. SVM* ID. QVD* SVM (GLAND), (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE FLEURON À QUATRE PÉTALES).
Reverse description : Croix formée de quatre fleurons et cantonnée de quatre H.
Reverse translation : (Grâce à Dieu, je suis ce que je suis).
Commentary
Monnaie avec les H non couronnées au revers particulièrement rare au millésime 1578. Variété sans vache sous le buste.
Coin with uncrowned H's on the reverse, particularly rare, dated 1578. Variety without a cow beneath the bust.
Coin with uncrowned H's on the reverse, particularly rare, dated 1578. Variety without a cow beneath the bust.
Historical background
NAVARRE-BEARN - HENRY III
(1572-1589)
Henri de Navarre (1553-1610), grandson of Henri d'Albret, was the son of Antoine de Bourbon and Queen Jeanne de Navarre. The child is brought up in the Reformed denomination by his mother. His father died at the siege of Rouen in 1562 and his mother died on June 4, 1572 just before the marriage of Henri and Marguerite de Navarre (1553-1615), on August 18, 1572. The young Henri escaped the massacre of Saint- Barthélemy, August 24, but remains a prisoner at the Court of France until February 1576. Henri flees, becomes the leader of the Protestant party, then heir to the throne after the death of François. Henry III was assassinated on August 2 and Henry II of Navarre became Henry IV of France. He will still take ten years to conquer his kingdom before the Edict of Nantes of April 13, 1598 which puts an end to the Wars of Religion.
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