Live auction - fwo_880834 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP II 2 Escudos 1591 Séville
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| Estimate : | 2 200 € |
| Price : | 2 700 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 700 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2024 22:10:20 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : 2 Escudos
Date: 1591
Mint name / Town : Séville
Metal : gold
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 6,79 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce de deux escudos est frappée sur un flan court et irrégulier. Reliefs nets
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHILIPPVS. II. DEI. GRATIA° / 1591.
Obverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers sommé d'une couronne coupant la légende en haut.
Obverse translation : (Philippe II par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HISPANIARVM REX.
Reverse description : Croix potencée dans un double quadrilobe tréflé aux angles, cantonné de quatre annelets.
Reverse translation : (Roi des espagnoles).
Commentary
Il est rare de rencontrer des exemplaires millésimés avec la date bien lisible comme sur notre exemplaire.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP II
(1555-1598)
Philip II (1527-1598) is the son of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal. In 1555, he succeeded in the Spanish Netherlands to his father who abdicated in his favor 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 supported the Counter-Reformation and won the victory of Lepanto in 1571. He died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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