Live auction - fwo_867652 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Écu de Bourgogne 1567 Hesselt
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 410 € |
| Maximum bid : | 420 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 December 2023 17:38:13 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Écu de Bourgogne
Date: 1567
Mint name / Town : Hesselt
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 892 ‰
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 28,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cet écu est frappé sur un flan assez large présentant de légers éclatements
Obverse
Obverse legend : .(CROIX). PHS. D: G. HISP. Z. REX. COMES. FLAN.
Obverse description : Deux bâtons noués en cœur par un briquet sur des flammèches, au-dessus une couronne ; 15-67 en accostement.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, duc de Brabant).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DOMINVS. MI-HI. ADIVTOR..
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé, au 1 d’Autriche, au 2 de Bourgogne moderne, au 3 de Bourgogne ancien, au 4 de Brabant, sur le tout mi-parti de Flandre et de Tyrol, le tout entouré du collier de l’Ordre de la Toison d’or.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - 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 supports the Counter-Reformation. He won the victory of Lepanto in 1571. He died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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