v42_0585 - SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG Double écu d’or n.d. Séville
MONNAIES 42 (2010)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Double écu d’or
Date: (1592-1597)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Séville
Metal : gold
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce double écu est frappé sur un flan court et irrégulier présentant un éclatement à 7 heures au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [...]OMN[...].
Obverse description : Écu couronné, à multiples quartiers, dont celui du Portugal ; à gauche S/B, à droite 15[...].
Obverse translation : (Philippe..., par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...]RVM REX.
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.
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