Live auction - fwo_355769 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP II 2 Escudos 1595 ou 1598 Tolède
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| Estimate : | 1 800 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 17:33:48 |
Type : 2 Escudos
Date: 1595 ou 1598
Mint name / Town : Tolède
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,3 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Cet exemplaire est frappé sur un flan très irrégulier ne laissant apparaître aucunement la légende. Seule une partie de la date est lisible à l’avers. La pièce présente une usure régulière
Obverse
Obverse legend : [PHILIPPVS. II. DEI. GRATIA°].
Obverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers sommé d'une couronne coupant la légende en haut.
Obverse translation : (Philippe II par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [HISPANIARVM REX].
Reverse description : Croix potencée dans un double quadrilobe tréflé aux angles, cantonné de quatre annelets.
Reverse translation : (Roi des espagnoles).
Commentary
Il s’agit à l’évidence d’une frappe de l’atelier de Tolède. Nous distinguons en effet la patte et la barre du “T” à l’avers. En revanche, la date est problématique, il s’agit soit de 1595 soit de 1598, dans le second cas aucun exemplaire n’est recensé dans l’ouvrage de référence.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP II
(1555-1598)
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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