v35_0494 - SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG Double écu d’or n.d. Séville

SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG Double écu d’or n.d. Séville AU/XF

MONNAIES 35 (2008)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 745.00 €
Number of bids : 10
Maximum bid : 1 100.00 €

Type : Double écu d’or

Date: (1592-1597)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Séville

Metal : gold

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,71 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce double écu est frappé sur un flan court et irrégulier. Reliefs nets sur les deux faces. Le D sous le différent d’atelier est mal venu à la frappe et ressemble à un T

Catalogue references :

CC/44098 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : P[...]GRATIA.

Obverse description : Écu couronné, à multiples quartiers, dont celui du Portugal ; à gauche S/D.

Obverse translation : (Philippe..., par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + HISPANIARVM REX.

Reverse description : Croix potencée dans un double quadrilobe tréflé aux angles, cantonné de quatre annelets.

Reverse translation : (rois d’Espagne).

Historical background

SPAIN - PHILIP II OF HABSBURG

(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.