KINGDOM OF NAVARRE. HENRI III of Navarre (II of Béarn) (1572-1589). Franc with recumbent bust, Saint-Palais, 1583. Silver. 13,87g. (9h). Very fine. A/. Bust of the king laurelled, draped and cuirassed right. Blazon of Navarre below (different from the workshop). R/. Crowned shield of Navarre-Béarn. Duplessy, n°1399 - Poey d'Avant, n°3479 - Schlumberger, n°84 - Salles, n°191 In 1579 the three mints of Béarn and Navarre (Pau, Morlaàs and Saint-Palais) were leased for six years to Jérôme Lenormand and Auger de la Garde, with the obligation to create the Saint-Palais mint at their own expense. Master: Roger de Vergez (1581-1584-1588), Bertrand de Lalande (1589), Jehan Dufaur d'Oloron (1595, 1602-1605). See Blanchet, p. 46.