Live auction - fwo_490394 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CARLOS II 8 Escudos n.d. Séville
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| Estimate : | 5 000 € |
| Price : | 3 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 8 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 18:13:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 8 Escudos
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Séville
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 26,97 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est frappée sur un flan irrégulier, bien centrée de part et d’autre. Elle présente des faiblesses de frappe, le centre de l’écu et la croix du revers sont bien venus à la frappe et saillants. La pièce est couverte d’une patine homogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : [CAROLVS. II. D. G].
Obverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers sommé d'une couronne coupant la légende en haut / . S ..
Obverse translation : (Charles II, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [HISPANIARVM REX ].
Reverse description : Croix potencée dans un double quadrilobe trèfle aux angles, cantonné de quatre annelets.
Reverse translation : (Roi des espagnoles).
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CARLOS II
(17/11/1665-1/11/1700)
Charles II (6/11/1661-1/11/1700) is the son of Philip IV of Spain and Marie-Anne of Austria. Last offspring of the Habsburgs of Spain and Austria, he has trouble standing up and suffers from many family flaws. He is king at the death of his father, at four years old, under the regency of his mother. He married Marie Louise d'Orléans (1662-1689), the daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, the niece of Louis XIV. His reign marks the reduction of Spanish power and the loss of many provinces: Franche-Comté, French Flanders. Charles, the great patient of Europe, died in 1700 without a direct heir and instituted Philippe, Duke of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, as heir to the throne of Spain. This is the beginning of the War of Spanish Succession (1700-1713).
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