E-auction 54-23981 - fre_326708 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II Liard n.d. Nimègue

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II Liard n.d. Nimègue VF

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Estimate :	60 €
Price :	15 €
Maximum bid :	18 €
End of the sale :	28 April 2014 17:10:00
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : Liard

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Nimègue

Metal : copper

Millesimal fineness : 333 ‰

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 5,50 g.

Obverse

Obverse legend : PHS. D. G. HISP. Z. REX. DVX. GEL. (CROIX).

Obverse description : Buste de Philippe II à gauche, cuirassé.

Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, duc de Gueldre).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PACE.

Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé, au 1 d’Autriche moderne, au 3 de Bourgogne moderne, au 3 de Bourgogne ancien, au 4 de Brabant, sur le tout un écu de Flandre, et entouré du collier de la Toison d’or.

Reverse translation : (Paix et justice).

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.