Live auction - fwo_362238 - SPAIN - CATALONIA - FERDINAND II OF ARAGON Ducat n.d Barcelone
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 750 € |
| Maximum bid : | 750 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 17:59:04 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Ducat
Date: n.d
Mint name / Town : Barcelone
Metal : gold
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce ducat est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et présente des faiblesses de frappe ainsi qu’une usure importante
Obverse
Obverse legend : FERDINANDVS. D: G: REX (TROIS POINTS).
Obverse description : Petite buste à droite de Ferdinand II couronné.
Obverse translation : (Ferdinand par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CASTELLE: ARA: COMES: B.
Reverse description : Ecu couronné aux armes de Castille et d’Aragon.
Reverse translation : (Prince de la maison d’Aragon).
Commentary
Ce ducat s’inspire du ducat napolitain frappé au nom de Ferdinand I roi de Naples entre 1458 et 1494. Sur cet exemplaire nous constatons l’absence de la lettre “B” de part et d’autre de l’écu au revers. D’autres exemplaires avec cette absence semblent avoir été répertoriés.
Historical background
SPAIN - CATALONIA - FERDINAND II OF ARAGON
(1479-1516)
Ferdinand is the son of Jean II, King of Aragon and Navarre and Jeanne, daughter of Frédéric Henriquez. In 1479, on the death of his father, he inherited Aragon. His union with Isabella, Queen of Castile, was at the origin of the unification of the two largest kingdoms of Spain engaged in the crusade against the Moors. As early as 1482, Ferdinand and Isabella attacked Granada, the last Islamic state in Spain, which fell ten years later in 1492. Their reign was marked by the Inquisition, instituted in 1478. In 1492 many Jews and Muslims were expelled. From their union was born Jeanne who married Philippe le Beau. Isabella sponsored the voyage of Christopher Columbus who, landing in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, marked the beginning of the exploitation of the New World and the expansion of the Kingdom of Spain..
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