OBVERSE

Obverse legend: CENTVLLO COM.

Obverse description: Cross confined to the 1st and 2nd of a bezant.

Obverse translation: (Centulle, count).

REVERSE

Reverse legend: + ONOR FORCAS.

Reverse description: PAX in the field.

Reverse translation: (Château de la Hourquie).

HISTORICAL

BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - LES CENTULLES

(11th-14th centuries)

It was Centulle III the Younger, viscount (1012-1058), who received sovereignty of the country from the Duke of Aquitaine Sancho the Great and usurped the right of coinage. In reality, the manufacture of coins did not begin before 1080 under Centulle IV (1058-1088) who took the name of count (for Bigorre and Oloron). Centullus V died in 1134.

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