fjt_788646 - BÉARN - Gentry and Towns 1614
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Date: 1614
Metal : brass
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,44 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVDOVICVS XIII DEI GRA FRA ET NAVA REX.
Obverse description : Double écus accolés au dessus d’une vache.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIS. ET. MENS. VNA. DVOBVS.
Reverse description : Un lis et une palme passés en sautoir dans deux couronnes de laurier. Un oeil au-dessus, et plus bas un foudre.
Historical background
BÉARN - Gentry and Towns
Around Pau, Béarn was part of Aquitaine in Antiquity. Invaded by the Visigoths and then by the Franks, Béarn was established as a viscountcy in 820. In 1290, the viscounty was united to the county of Foix by marriage and then passed to the Albrets and then to the Bourbons. Henri IV unites Béarn to the Crown in 1594. In 1620, Louis XIII will attach Béarn to the crown of France by the Edict of October 1620.
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