fwo_644021 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HOLLAND - PHILIP II OF SPAIN 1/10 Écu (1/10 Philipsdaalder) 1572 Dordrecht
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : 1/10 Écu (1/10 Philipsdaalder)
Date: 1572
Mint name / Town : Dordrecht
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25,92 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 3,33 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
frappe sur un flan irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PHS· D: G· HISP· Z· REX· COES· HOL // 15*72.
Obverse description : Portrait à droite de Philippe II d’Espagne.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de dieu, roi d'Espagne, comte d'Hollande).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DOMINVS· MIHI· ADIVTOR·.
Reverse description : Deux branches de sarments entrecroisées (Croix de Saint-André), posées sur un briquet enflammé auquel est suspendu le bijou de la Toison d'or, couronne en haut.
Reverse translation : (Le seigneur est mon secours).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - COUNTY OF HOLLAND - 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 supported the Counter-Reformation and won the victory of Lepanto in 1571. He died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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