Live auction - fwo_407892 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II Réal d’or n.d. Nimègue
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| Estimate : | 1 800 € |
| Price : | 950 € |
| Maximum bid : | 950 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 18:24:19 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Réal d’or
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nimègue
Quantity minted : 62892
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 992 ‰
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 5,2_ g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce réal d’or est frappé sur un flan légèrement voilé et présente une usure régulière de circulation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .PHS. D: G HISPA. ANG. Z. REX. DVX. GEL. +.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé et couronné de Philippe II à droite.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne et d’Angleterre, duc de Gueldre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DOMINVS. MIC-HI. ADIVTOR (CROIX).
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé, au 1 contre-écartelé en 1 et 4 de Castille, en 2 et 3 de Léon, au 2 mi-parti d'Aragon et de Sicile, enté en pointe de Grenade, au 3 d'Autriche moderne soutenu de Bourgogne ancien, au 4 de Bourgogne moderne soutenu de Brabant, sur le tout mi-parti de Flandre et de Tyrol.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
Commentary
Cette monnaie, avec le titre de roi d’Angleterre, fut frappée entre 1557 et 1560..
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II
(25/10/1555-13/09/1598)
Philip II (1527-1598) is the son of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal. In 1555, he succeeded in the Spanish Netherlands to his father who abdicated in his favor 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 supported the Counter-Reformation and won the victory of Lepanto in 1571. He died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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