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Gold Royal - Charles II of Navarre
| Issuer | Evreux, County of |
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| Year | 1359 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | KOLVS DEI GRA NAVAROR REX (Translation: Charles, by God`s grace, king of Navarra.) |
| Reverse description | A floriated cross pattée at centre, its four arms terminating in fleurs-de-lis, with an additional fleur-de-lis occupying each of the four quadrants formed by the cross arms, creating a highly decorative, symmetrical composition. The central crossing is highlighted by a small quatrefoil boss. The entire design is enclosed within a double inner circle, with the circumferential legend running between the inner and outer beaded borders. |
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Charles II of Navarre — "Charles the Bad" to contemporaries — struck this royal during one of the most audacious phases of his career. In 1358 and 1359 he was simultaneously negotiating with the English, exploiting the Jacquerie uprising, and maneuvering to claim the French throne itself, positioning his County of Évreux as a staging ground for intervention in a kingdom convulsed by the aftermath of Poitiers. Coinage was leverage. The PA#182 var. designation flags a die difference not fully resolved in the standard literature.