fwo_1019397 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP V OF BOURBON 1/2 Escudo 1744 Séville
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Price : 230.00 €
Type : 1/2 Escudo
Date: 1744
Mint name / Town : Séville
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Coments on the condition:
Léger nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : *PHILIPPUS* V* D* G*/ 1744.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Philippe V.
Obverse translation : (Philippe V, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HISPANIARUM REX / P S J.
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé de Castille et de Léon.
Reverse translation : (Roi d'Espagne).
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP V OF BOURBON
(1700-1746)
Philippe, Duke of Anjou (1683-1746) was the grandson of Louis XIV. On the death of Charles II of Spain in 1700, he was designated as king by will. He took thirteen years to conquer his kingdom, having as a competitor Charles III of Habsburg (future Charles VI of Austria). He is the ancestor of the Bourbons of Spain who still reign today. By becoming king of Spain and the Indies, he had renounced all claim to the throne of France..
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