fwo_671111 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - PHILIP II 1/10 Écu 1572 Anvers
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Type : 1/10 Écu
Date: 1572
Mint name / Town : Anvers
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,33 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce dixième d’écu présente des éclatements à 3 et 9 heures au droit. Exemplaire à l’usure homogène. Patine grise
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Exemplaire de la collection Aymé Cornu
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHS. D: G. HISP. Z. REX. DVX. BRA. / 15 (MAIN) 72, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé de Philippe II à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, duc de Gueldre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DOMINVS - MIHI. - ADIVTOR.
Reverse description : Croix de saint André portant en cœur un briquet, sous une couronne, auquel est appendu le collier de l’ordre de la Toison d’or.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - PHILIP II
(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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