bfe_974606 - COUNTY OF BURGUNDY - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Carolus
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Type : Carolus
Date: 1593
Mint name / Town : Dole
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce carolus est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise
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Obverse
Obverse legend : + PHS. REX. [...] HISPAN.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et cuirassé de Philippe II à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DEI. COMES. BVRGVNDIE. 1593.
Reverse description : Écu de Franche-Comté.
Reverse translation : (de Dieu, compte de Bourgogne).
Historical background
COUNTY OF BURGUNDY - PHILIP II OF SPAIN
(25/10/1555-13/09/1598)
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 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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