v54_0323 - SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG Double écu d’or n.d. Séville

SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG Double écu d’or n.d. Séville AU

MONNAIES 54 (2012)
Starting price : 1 200.00 €
Estimate : 1 700.00 €
Realised price : 1 200.00 €

Type : Double écu d’or

Date: (1592-1597)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Séville

Metal : gold

Diameter : 25,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,74 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce double écu est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe. Reliefs particulièrement nets pour ce type monétaire

Catalogue references :

CC/44098 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : [P]HILIP[P]VS. II. DEI GRATIA..

Obverse description : Écu couronné, à multiples quartiers, dont celui du Portugal ; à gauche S/D, à droite II.

Obverse translation : (Philippe..., par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + HISPANIARV[M R]EX.

Reverse description : Croix potencée dans un double quadrilobe tréflé aux angles, cantonnée de quatre annelets.

Reverse translation : (rois d’Espagne).

Historical background

SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG

(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.

SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG Plaquette, Vierge byzantine XF

80.00 €

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