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Live auction - fwo_465575 - ITALY - EMILIA - PARMA - ALEXANDER FARNESE Double doppie 1597 Plaisance

ITALY - EMILIA - PARMA - ALEXANDER FARNESE Double doppie 1597 Plaisance XF
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Estimate : 3 500 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 30 January 2018 17:33:05
Type : Double doppie
Date: 1597
Mint name / Town : Plaisance
Metal : gold
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 11,14 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan voilé avec plusieurs coups sur la tranche. La louve est bien venue à la frappe

Obverse


Obverse legend : ALEX. FAR. PAR. (ET LIÉS). PLA. DVX. III. (ET LIÉS). C., (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste à gauche d’Alexandre Farnèse, cuirassé et drapé à l’antique, coupant à la légende en bas.
Obverse translation : (Alexandre Farnèse, 3e duc de Parme et Plaisance, etc.).

Reverse


Reverse legend : .PLACENTIA. FLE. ET / 1597.
Reverse description : Louve à gauche devant trois lis naturel sommés d’une couronne ducale et coupant lé légende en haut.

Historical background


ITALY - EMILIA - PARMA - ALEXANDER FARNESE

(1586-1592)

He was born in 1545 in Rome from the union of Octave Farnese and Margaret of Austria (daughter of Emperor Charles V). He was brought up at the court of his uncle, King Philip II of Spain. In 1565 he married Marie de Portogallo. In 1578 he became governor of the Netherlands. Ardent defender of the Catholics, he opposed the troops of Henri IV in 1590 and 1591. He died in Arras in 1592.

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