E-auction 625-616711 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP II OF SPAIN PHILIPPE II D'ESPAGNE 1580
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Type : PHILIPPE II D'ESPAGNE
Date: 1580
Metal : brass
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,66 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec une forte usure et tâches d’oxydation. Reliefs d’aspect mou
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LIBER REVINCIRI LEO PERNEGAT.
Obverse description : Le pape et le roi d'Espagne debout, celui-ci présentant au lion Belgique une branche d'olivier et un collier d'attache.
Obverse translation : Le lion affranchi refuse d'être enchainé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MVS LIBERAT ROSIS LEONI LORIS.
Reverse description : Lion couché et enchaîné à une colonne surmontée de la statue de l'Inquisition. Sur son collier, que ronge un rat, on lit le nom de celle-ci.
Reverse translation : Le rat libère le lion en rongeant son collier.
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP II OF SPAIN
(25/10/1555-13/09/1598)
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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