v37_1020 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Maille n.d. Tournai

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Maille n.d. Tournai VF/VF

MONNAIES 37 (2009)
Starting price : 40.00 €
Estimate : 80.00 €
Realised price : 40.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 70.00 €

Type : Maille

Date: (1591-1598)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Tournai

Quantity minted : 460123

Metal : copper

Millesimal fineness : 333 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,51 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Cette maille est frappée sur un flan assez large, irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine marron

Catalogue references :

GH.235-14a - Hoc336 - DM/P-BI.1430

Predigree :

Monnaie provenant de la collection Laurent

Obverse

Obverse legend : .PHS. D: G. HIS. Z. REX. D. TOR. / [(TOUR)].

Obverse description : Buste de Philippe II à droite, couronné, cuirassé et drapé.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : .DOMINVS. M[I]HI. ADIVTOR[.].

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 petit écu.

Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).

Historical background

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - PHILIP II OF SPAIN

(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 supports the Counter-Reformation. He won the victory of Lepanto in 1571, died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.