v37_0990 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Liard 1581 Mons

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Liard 1581 Mons XF

MONNAIES 37 (2009)
Starting price : 60.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 60.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 110.00 €

Type : Liard

Date: 1581

Mint name / Town : Mons

Quantity minted : 469395

Metal : copper

Millesimal fineness : 333 ‰

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 4,93 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce liard est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine marron et présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

GH.232-10 - DM/P-BI.1275

Predigree :

Monnaie provenant de la collection Laurent

Obverse

Obverse legend : .PHS. D: G. HISP. Z. CO. HAN. / 8 (TOUR) 1.

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

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : .DOMINVS. MIHI. 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 écu de Flandre.

Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).

Historical background

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - 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, died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Vingtième d’écu Philippe n.d. Tournai VF

110.00 €

Full data

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Vingtième d’écu Philippe 1587 Tournai VF

180.00 €