E-auction 696-755454 - SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG Conquête de Malte 1565
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Type : Conquête de Malte
Date: 1565
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 4,63 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jeton nettoyé. Usure régulière et faiblesses de frappe. Quelques rayures et stries d’ajustage
Obverse
Obverse legend : TVRCA. - FVGATO // À L’EXERGUE : .1565.
Obverse description : Cavalier de profil à gauche, sur son cheval caparaçonné.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MELITA. LIBERATA..
Reverse description : Navire avec une Victoire debout à la poupe.
Historical background
SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG
(1555-1598)
Philip II (1527-1598) is the son of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal. He succeeded his father who abdicated in his favor in 1555 in the Spanish Netherlands and, 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. He died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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