Live auction - fwo_464376 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - PHILIP II Couronne d’or 1580 Anvers
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 2 550 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 March 2018 18:50:38 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Couronne d’or
Date: 1580
Mint name / Town : Anvers
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 929 ‰
Diameter : 27, mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est frappée sur un flan légèrement voilé avec un revers très bien venu à la frappe. L’avers est trèflé et présente quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHS D. G. HISP - Z. REX - DVX. BRA. 1580. (ÉTOILE).
Obverse description : Croix fleuronnée portant en cœur un quadrilobe évidé.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, duc de Brabant).
Reverse
Reverse legend : . DOMINVS MIHI. ADIVTOR. (MAIN). P - P.
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé, au 1 d’Autriche moderne, au 3 de Bourgogne moderne, au 3 de Bourgogne ancien, au 4 de Brabant, sur le tout un écu de Flandre, le tout dans un double polylobe fleuronnée.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - PHILIP II
(1555-1598)
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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