Live auction - fwo_310530 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HOLLAND - PHILIP II OF SPAIN 1/2 Réal n.d. Dordrecht
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 419 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 18:11:31 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : 1/2 Réal
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Dordrecht
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,49 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi réal est frappé sur un flan court, bien centré de part et d’autre. Il présente des faiblesses au revers et une usure générale régulière
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (ROSE) PHILIPPVS: D: G: HISP: REX: C: HOL.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé de Philippe II à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, Comte de Hollande).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .DOMINVS - MIHI. - ADIVTOR (ROSE).
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 ; écu brochant sur une croix de saint André formée de deux bâtons noueux ; appendu à la base de l'écu, le mouton de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or ; de part et d'autre un briquet sur des flammèches.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HOLLAND - PHILIP II OF SPAIN
(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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