Live auction - bfe_638367 - BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - GASTON DE FOIX Grand blanc
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 09 March 2021 18:19:17 |
Type : Grand blanc
Date: c. 1455-1471
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce grand blanc est frappé sur un flan irrégulier présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe. Exemplaire troué
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GASTO* DEI* GRA* DOMINVS* BEARNII, .
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’une épée, aux 2 et 3 d’une vache, le tout dans un quadrilobe.
Obverse translation : (Gaston, par la grâce de Dieu, seigneur de Béarn).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + PAX* ET* HONOR* FORQVIE* MORL.
Reverse description : Écu avec une main à gauche tenant une épée accostée de deux vaches, le tout dans un quadrilobe.
Reverse translation : (Paix et honneur à la Fourquie de Morlaàs).
Historical background
BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - GASTON DE FOIX
(1436-1471)
Gaston IV, husband of Eleanor of Navarre, received the government of Navarre under the Treaty of Barcelona. He had completed the pacification of Gascony at the end of the Hundred Years' War (1453). His son François becomes king of Navarre in 1479.
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