E-auction 117-62868 - bfe_317202 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Liard
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| Estimate : | 50 € |
| Price : | 19 € |
| Maximum bid : | 23 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 July 2015 16:11:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Liard
Date: 1584
Mint name / Town : Hainaut
Quantity minted : 92002
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 333 ‰
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce liard est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Rayure sur le buste de droit. Usure de circulation sur les légendes
Obverse
Obverse legend : .P[HS. D G. HISP. Z] - REX. CO. HA[N] / 8 (TOUR) 4.
Obverse description : Buste de Philippe II à gauche, couronné, cuirassé et drapé.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, comte de ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .DOM[IN]VS. MIHI. AD[IVTOR.].
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé, au 1 d’Autriche moderne, au 3 de Bourgogne moderne, au 3 de Bourgogne ancien, au 4 de Brabant, sur le tout un écu de Flandre.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
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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