Live auction - fwo_431127 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - CHARLES II OF SPAIN Ducaton 1684 Bruxelles
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| Estimate : | 1 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 18:48:02 |
Type : Ducaton
Date: 1684
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 944 ‰
Diameter : 44 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 31,56 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce ducaton est frappé sur un flan très irrégulier. La pièce est corrodée suite à un long passage dans l’eau probablement. Le portrait reste bien visible ainsi que les armes au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROL. II. D. G. HISP. ET INDIAR. REX/ 16(TÊTE D’ANGE)84
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Obverse description : Buste de Charles II drapé et cuirassé, tête nue à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : (Charles II par la grâce de Dieu roi d'Espagne et des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARCHID. AVST. DV-X. BVRG. BRAB. ZC.
Reverse description : Écu écartelé : au 1 contre-écartelé en a et d de Castille, en b et c de Léon ; au 2 mi-parti d'Aragon et de Sicile sur le tout de Portugal, enté en pointe de Grenade ; au 3 d'Autriche soutenu de Bourgogne ancien ; au 4 de Bourgogne moderne soutenu de Brabant ; sur le tout mi-parti de Flandre et de Tyrol. L'écu soutenu par deux lions qui le couronnent, le bijou de la Toison d'or suspendu à la pointe de l'écu.
Reverse translation : (Archiduc d'Autriche duc de Bourgogne et de Brabant).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - CHARLES II OF SPAIN
(17/11/1665-1/11/1700)
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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