Live auction - bfe_353997 - BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - FRANCIS PHOEBUS Blanc à l'écu
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 16:58:39 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Blanc à l'écu
Date: c. 1480
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,34 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce blanc est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Yves Caille
Obverse
Obverse legend : + FRANCISCVSZ FZ DZ GZ DNSZ BEAZ.
Obverse description : Écu de Béarn sommé d’un besant.
Obverse translation : (François Phébus, par la grâce de Dieu, seigneur de Béarn).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + PAXZ ETZ HONORZ FORQVIEZ MORLA.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 1 d’un E oncial, au 4 d’une F onciales.
Reverse translation : (Paix et honneur à la Fourquie de Morlaàs).
Historical background
BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - FRANCIS PHOEBUS
(1479-1483)
François Phébus is the son of Gaston de Foix and Madelaine, daughter of the King of France Charles VII. He died on January 30, 1483. His sister, Catherine, succeeded him but lost most of the Trans-Pyrenean Navarre.
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