fwo_611181 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP V OF BOURBON 4 Maravedis 1720 Barcelone
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Type : 4 Maravedis
Date: 1720
Mint name / Town : Barcelone
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,60 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant d’une collection dispersée à Drouot par la Maison Platt
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHILIP·V·D·G·HISPAN·REX / (B - IIII).
Obverse description : Armes écartelées aux 1 et 4 de Castille, aux 2 et 3 de Léon, le tout sur écu de la maison de Bourbon.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VTRUNQ+VIRT+PROTEGO+1720+.
Reverse description : lion tenant une épée et un globe.
Commentary
1720 sur 1718.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP V OF BOURBON
(1700-1746)
Philippe, Duke of Anjou (1683-1746) was the grandson of Louis XIV. On the death of Charles II of Spain in 1700, he was designated as king by will. He took thirteen years to conquer his kingdom, having as a competitor Charles III of Habsburg (future Charles VI of Austria). He is the ancestor of the Bourbons of Spain who still reign today. By becoming king of Spain and the Indies, he had renounced all claim to the throne of France..
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