E-auction 605-577779 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - PHILIP II Liard 1583 Tournai
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Type : Liard
Date: 1583
Mint name / Town : Tournai
Quantity minted : 92002
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 333 ‰
Diameter : 25,7 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 5,14 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan fissuré, légende partiellement visible
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .PHS. D G. HISP. Z REX. D. TORN. / 8 (TOUR) 4.
Obverse description : Buste de Philippe II à gauche, couronné, cuirassé et drapé.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, seigneur de Tournai).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .DOMINVS. MIHI. ADIVTOR..
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.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
Commentary
Ce type monétaire fut frappé à Tournai de 1582 à 1591.
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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