fwo_891424 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP II 2 Reales n.d. Séville
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Price : 130.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 130.00 €
Type : 2 Reales
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Séville
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Des concrétions sur les deux faces
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers, sommé d’une couronne coupant la légende.
Reverse
Reverse description : Champ écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Castille, aux 2 et 3 de Léon dans un double octolobe.
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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