bfe_905153 - NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - HENRI OF ALBRET Douzain à la croisette
170.00 €(Approx. 178.50$ | 141.10£)
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Type : Douzain à la croisette
Date: c. 1541-1555
Mint name / Town : Pau ou Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,2è g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce douzain est frappé sur un flan large, irrégulier et présente des hairlines suite à un nettoyage. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise de médaillier
Obverse
Obverse legend : + HENRICVS* D* G* REX* NAVAR (TRIANGLE) D (TRIANGLE) B.
Obverse description : Écu parti de Navarre et de Béarn couronné.
Reverse
Reverse legend : :+: GRATIA (TRIANGLE) DEI (TRIANGLE) SVM (TRIANGLE) QVOD (TRIANGLE) 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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