fwo_342755 - ITALY - EMILIA - PARMA - ALEXANDER FARNESE Double doppie 1597 Plaisance
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 3 800.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 3 800.00 €
Type : Double doppie
Date: 1597
Mint name / Town : Plaisance
Metal : gold
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 11,14 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ALEX. FAR. PAR. (ET LIÉS). PLA. DVX. III. (ET LIÉS). C., (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste à gauche d’Alexandre Farnèse, cuirassé et drapé à l’antique, coupant à la légende en bas.
Obverse translation : (Alexandre Farnèse, 3e duc de Parme et Plaisance, etc.).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .PLACENTIA. FLE. ET / 1597.
Reverse description : Louve à gauche devant trois lis naturel sommés d’une couronne ducale et coupant lé légende en haut.
Historical background
ITALY - EMILIA - PARMA - ALEXANDER FARNESE
(1586-1592)
He was born in 1545 in Rome from the union of Octave Farnese and Margaret of Austria (daughter of Emperor Charles V). He was brought up at the court of his uncle, King Philip II of Spain. In 1565 he married Marie de Portogallo. In 1578 he became governor of the Netherlands. Ardent defender of the Catholics, he opposed the troops of Henri IV in 1590 and 1591. He died in Arras in 1592.
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