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Vaquette - Francis Phoebus
| Issuer | Lordship of Béarn |
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| Year | 1479-1483 |
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| Reference(s) | Dy féodales#1271 var., Schlum Bearn#30 var. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Francis Phoebus inherited the viscountcy of Béarn at age nine in 1479, and this vaquette was struck during the brief window before his elevation to King of Navarre in 1483 — a reign cut short entirely when he died at fifteen, allegedly from a crossbow accident, though contemporaries suspected foul play. Béarn's billon coinage of this period reflects the lordship's stubborn monetary autonomy within the French sphere, a tradition the Foix-Albret dynasty maintained long after neighboring territories had consolidated under royal mints. The "var." designation in both Dy and Schlumberger signals die or fabric differences that remain imprecisely catalogued.