Live auction - fwo_514527 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Demi-écu ou 16 stuivers 1579 Tournai
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | 1 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2019 19:18:10 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Demi-écu ou 16 stuivers
Date: 1579
Mint name / Town : Tournai
Quantity minted : 16501
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,73 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan régulier avec des faiblesses de frappe de part et d’autre. La monnaie est couverte d’une patine grise aux reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : .PHS. D: G. HISP Z REX. DNS. TORNA:.
Obverse description : Buste de Philippe II vu à mi-corps tourné à gauche, couronné et cuirassé, tenant un sceptre fleurdelisé de la main droite et s'appuyant sur un écu des États.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PACE. ET. IVSTITIA. 15 (TOUR) 79.
Reverse description : Croix formée par les lettres PHS couronnées, cantonnée de 16-S.
Commentary
Monnaie de la plus grande rareté, un exemplaire un peu plus beau a réalisé 5 500 euros en 2013 dans une vente Elsen.
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - 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 supports the Counter-Reformation. He won the victory of Lepanto in 1571, died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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