bfe_621121 - COUNTY OF BURGUNDY - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Petit blanc ou demi-carolus
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Type : Petit blanc ou demi-carolus
Date: 1562
Mint name / Town : Dole
Metal : billon
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce petit blanc est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène et présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [(ÉTOILE À CINQ RAIS)] PHS. D. G. R. HISP. CO. BVR[G].
Obverse description : Buste couronné et cuirassé de Philippe II à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Espagne et comte de Bourgogne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : M* C* - BVR - GVN - 1562.
Reverse description : Écu comtois brochant sur une croix coupant la légende.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la Comté 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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