fwo_1085797 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Liard 1586 Tournai
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Type : Liard
Date: 1586
Mint name / Town : Tournai
Quantity minted : 391106
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 333 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce liard est frappé sur un flan large, bombé et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine marron. Le droit est plus net que le revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .PHS. D G. HISP. Z [REX. D.] TORN. / 8 (TOUR) 6.
Obverse description : Buste de Philippe II à gauche, couronné, cuirassé et drapé.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, seigneur de Tournai).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .DOMINVS. MIH[I. A]DIVTOR..
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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