Live auction - fwo_437569 - BOLIVIA – KINGDOM OF SPAIN – PHILIP II 8 Reales n.d. Potosi
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 205 € |
| Maximum bid : | 205 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 August 2017 18:34:17 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : 8 Reales
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Potosi
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 27,52 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHILI[...].
Obverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers, sommé d’une couronne coupant la légende, accosté à gauche de P/B / °/ VIII.
Obverse translation : (Philippe II, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse description : Champ écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Castille, aux 2 et 3 de Léon dans un double octolobe.
Reverse translation : (Roi d’Espagne).
Historical background
BOLIVIA – KINGDOM OF SPAIN – PHILIP II
(1555-1598)
Philip II (1527-1598) is the son of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal. He succeeded his father who abdicated in his favor in 1555 in the Spanish Netherlands and, in 1556, for Spain and America. He successively married Marie of Portugal (1527-1545), then his cousin Marie Tudor (1516-1558), Queen of England, in 1560 Elisabeth of France (1545-1568) and finally Anne of Austria (1549-1580). He fights against the France of Henri II, then of Henri IV. He supports the Counter-Reformation. He won the victory of Lepanto in 1571. He died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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