E-auction 633-631749 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Bureau des Finances 1584
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Type : Bureau des Finances
Date: 1584
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,56 g.
Edge : Lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec une forte usure, notamment sur l’avers, rayures et coups. Taches d’oxydation. Aspect nettoyé
Obverse
Obverse legend : GECT. DU. BVREAU. DES. FINAN. 1584.
Obverse description : Armes d'Espagne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DOMINE. IN. VIRTUTE. TUA. LAETABITUR. REX.
Reverse description : Le prince de Parme (Alexandre Farnèse) à cheval, à la tête de son armée, s'avance vers une ville fortifiée: derrière les nuages, Jéhovah le bénit.
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP II OF SPAIN
(25/10/1555-13/09/1598)
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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