Live auction - bfe_354005 - NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - HENRI OF ALBRET Blanc
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| Estimate : | 480 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 16:59:39 |
Type : Blanc
Date: après 1541
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,32 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce blanc est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et large. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise et présentant de hauts reliefs, ce qui est très rare pour ce type monétaire. Infime faiblesse de frappe sur le bras gauche de la croix du revers
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente ALDE des 12-13 juin 2012, n° 745 et de la collection Yves Caille
Obverse
Obverse legend : :+: HENRICVS* D* G* REX* NAVAR* D* B, (PONCTUATION PAR DE SIMPLES TRIANGLES, DEUX ANNELETS SOUS LE PREMIER R).
Obverse description : Écu couronné mi-parti, au 1 de Navarre et au 2 de Béarn.
Obverse translation : (Henri, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Navarre et seigneur de Béarn).
Reverse
Reverse legend : :+: GRATIA* DEI* SVM* ID* QVOD* SVM, (PONCTUATION PAR DE SIMPLES TRIANGLES, POINT SOUS LE VM DE DU PREMIER SVM).
Reverse description : Croix plaine alésée dans un double quadrilobe annelé.
Reverse translation : (Grâce à Dieu, je suis ce que je suis).
Historical background
NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - HENRI OF 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 and married his second wife in 1527 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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