fjt_459526 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP V OF BOURBON Bataille navale de VIGO 1702
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Bataille navale de VIGO
Date: 1702
Mint name / Town : s.l.
Metal : brass
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,20 g.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANNA. D. G. MAG. BR. FR. ET. HIB. R..
Obverse description : Buste à gauche, signé L.G.L..
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANGLOR. ET. BATAV. VIRTVTE. ; À L’EXERGUE : INCENS. CLASSE. OPES. AMERIC. INTERCEPT. 1702.
Reverse description : Un port de mer et des îles, sur le devant, une flotte. Dans le champ : CONE, REBOND, VIGO et VOC.
Commentary
Jeton rare.
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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