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Denier - John I of Grailly
| Issuer | Béarn, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1412-1436 |
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| Currency | Livre |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a degenerate PAX monogram in the form of a triangle, a highly stylised and debased rendering derived from earlier Béarnais coinage traditions, enclosed within an inner circle. The surrounding legend reads MP✠ * ONOR FORCAS, invoking the lord's rights of peace and high justice (droit de fourches patibulaires — the right to erect gallows). The legend is separated by a cross and mullet stop, with lettering in a crude Gothic hand typical of late feudal provincial issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Jean I de Grailly inherited Béarn through a tangled succession that required sustained legal maneuvering against Aragonese and French competing claims. His coinages were struck under the viscounty's traditional monetary autonomy — a right jealously defended by successive lords and explicitly confirmed in local customary law. The denier series from this period is notably inconsistent in fabric, likely reflecting interrupted production across multiple decades of an unsettled reign.