Live auction - fwo_1050702 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II 1/2 Écu n.d. Dordrecht
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Live starting : Type : 1/2 Écu
Date: (1562-1567
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Dordrecht
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 16,50 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan plutôt large et irrégulier à l’aspect homogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHILIPPVS : D : G : HISP : REX : CO : HOL • ✿ •.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue à droite, drapée et cuirassé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DOMINVS MIHI • ADIVTOR.
Reverse description : Écu couronné entouré du collier de la Toison d'Or brochant sur deux bâtons noueux.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II
(25/10/1555-13/09/1598)
Philip II (1527-1598) is the son of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal. In 1555, he succeeded in the Spanish Netherlands to his father who abdicated in his favor 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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