Live auction - fjt_980440 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - CHARLES II Théodore Elshout Van Heusden, trésorier de Bruxelles 1671
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Live starting : Type : Théodore Elshout Van Heusden, trésorier de Bruxelles
Date: 1671
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 7,35 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire nettoyé avec de l’usure sur les reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : T. AB. ELSHOVT. - EX- HEVSDANA. FAM : BRVX. THE.
Obverse description : Ecu droit de Théodore d’Elshout-Van Heusden surmonté d’un heaume, sommé d’un lion couronné, tenant deux léopards lionnes, d’or, mouchetés de sinople.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEPROMENS IN PROPVGNA CVLA THESAVROS SERVO (DATE EN CHRONOGRAMME).
Reverse description : Les nouvelles fortifications de Bruxelles, au milieu desquelles se trouve un coffre-fort, d'où une main puise l'argent qu'elle répand pour faire avancer les travaux.
Commentary
Théodore Elshout Van Heusden, seigneur de Middelswale, du lignage de T'Serhuijgs, figure sur la liste des magistrats de Bruxelles depuis 1661 jusqu'à 1697. Il fut premier trésorier en 1670 et 1671.
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - CHARLES II
(1661-1700)
Charles II (6/11/1661-1/11/1700) is the son of Philip IV of Spain and Marie-Anne of Austria. Last offspring of the Habsburgs of Spain and Austria, he has trouble standing up and suffers from many family flaws. He is king at the death of his father, at four years old, under the regency of his mother. He married Marie Louise d'Orléans (1662-1689), the daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, the niece of Louis XIV. His reign marks the reduction of Spanish power and the loss of many provinces: Franche-Comté, French Flanders. Charles, the great patient of Europe, died in 1700 without a direct heir and instituted Philippe, Duke of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, as heir to the throne of Spain. This is the beginning of the War of Spanish Succession (1700-1713).
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