E-auction 699-761034 - COUNTY OF BURGUNDY - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Carolus
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Type : Carolus
Date: 1594
Mint name / Town : Dole
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,58 g.
Coments on the condition:
Carolus frappé sur un fan irrégulier. Chocs sur la tranche. Importantes usures et faiblesses de frappe sur les deux faces. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [+ PH]S. R[EX. CATOL H]ISPAN.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et cuirassé de Philippe II à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, roi catholique d’Espagne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + D. [ET]. CO[MES. B]VR[GVND]IE. 1594.
Reverse description : Écu comtois.
Reverse translation : (Duc et comte de Bourgogne).
Historical background
COUNTY OF BURGUNDY - PHILIP II OF SPAIN
(25/10/1555-13/09/1598)
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 supported the Counter-Reformation and won the victory of Lepanto in 1571. He died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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