Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Gold Ecu with knight - Gaston X of Grailly
| Issuer | Béarn, Lordship of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1436-1472 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Gaston X "the Perfect" ruled Béarn as a sovereign lord who consistently resisted full absorption into the French crown's orbit, minting his own gold in deliberate assertion of that independence. The ecu au chevalier type he adopted mirrors contemporary royal French issues closely enough to circulate with confidence, yet the Béarnese mint at Morlaàs struck it under local authority. Béarn's unusual constitutional status — its viscounts governed under customary law older than Capetian suzerainty — meant this coin was legally issued outside the French monetary system entirely.