Live auction - fme_696677 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP II Médaille, Philippe II d’Espagne
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 885 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2021 20:03:36 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Philippe II d’Espagne
Date: (1555)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 69,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Jacopo da Trezzo
Weight : 111,7 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène, des frottements et quelques rayures dans les champs
Catalogue references :
Kress437 - Lanna691
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHILIPPVS. REX. PRINC. HISP. AET. S. AN. XXVIII.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé, de profil à droite, signé : IAC. TREZZO. F. - 1555.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IAM. ILLVSTRABIT. OMNIA.
Reverse description : Apollon dans son char tiré par quatre chevaux, dans le ciel au dessus d’un paysage avec terre et mer.
Commentary
Belle fonte postérieure, probablement du XIXe siècle.
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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