Live auction - bfe_1076452 - NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - HENRI OF ALBRET Douzain à la croisette
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 60 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 January 2026 17:21:30 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Douzain à la croisette
Date: c. 1541-1555
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Pau ou Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce douzain est frappé sur un flan large, irrégulier et est recouverte d’une patine grise avec de petites taches d’oxyde à 5 heures au droit se retrouvant au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : +: HENRICVS[: D: G:] REX: NAVAR: D: B:.
Obverse description : Écu parti de Navarre et de Béarn couronné.
Reverse
Reverse legend : :+: GRATIA: [DEI:] SVM: QVOD: SVM.
Reverse description : Croix plaine alésée dans un quadrilobe annelé.
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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