Live auction - bfe_669109 - NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - HENRI OF ALBRET Blanc
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 17:19:39 |
Type : Blanc
Date: après 1541
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,00 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce blanc est frappé sur un flan assez large, irrégulier et légèrement voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise hétérogène présentant de petites traces de nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : :+: HENRICVS* D* G*] REX* NAVAR* D* B, (PONCTUATION PAR DE SIMPLES TRÈFLES, DEUX ANNELETS SOUS LE PREMIER R).
Obverse description : Écu couronné mi-parti, au 1 de Navarre et au 2 de Béarn.
Obverse translation : (Henri, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Navarre et seigneur de Béarn).
Reverse
Reverse legend : :+: GRATIA* DEI* SVM* ID* QVOD* SVM, (PONCTUATION PAR DE SIMPLES TRÈFLES).
Reverse description : Croix plaine alésée dans un double quadrilobe annelé.
Reverse translation : (Grâce à Dieu, je suis ce que je suis).
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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