Live auction - fwo_1076586 - NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - JOHN I (II OF ARAGON) AND BLANCHE II Gros s.m.
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 March 2026 18:18:05 |
Type : Gros
Date: s.m.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,57 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier présentant une trace de pliure avec petite fente. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + I: Z: B: DEI GRA: REX: Z: RGA: NAVARRE.
Obverse description : Couronne.
Obverse translation : (Jean et Blanche, roi et reine de Navarre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SIT: NOMEN: DOMINI: BENEDICTVM, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Croix dans un grènetis cantonné de six lis rayonnants dans un double dodécalobe pointé.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).
Historical background
NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - JOHN I (II OF ARAGON) AND BLANCHE II
(1425-1441)
Blanche is the second daughter of Charles II of Navarre and Éléonore (+ 1416), daughter of King Henry II of Castile. Her eldest sister, Jeanne, who had married the Count of Foix in 1402, died in 1416. In 1409, Blanche married King Martin I of Sicily, who died in 1409. She remarried King Jean II of Aragon. In 1425, Charles II of Navarre, died without a male heir and the kingdom of Navarre returned to Blanche II. Blanche died in 1441, leaving Jean II of Aragon to reign alone until his death in 1479. Before dying, he had obtained from the King of France the possibility of bequeathing the kingdom of Navarre to his daughter Éléonore who married Gaston IV, Count of Foix.
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