Live auction - fwo_433162 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II Demi-réal n.d. Nimègue

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II Demi-réal n.d. Nimègue VF

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	300 €
Maximum bid :	300 €
End of the sale :	12 September 2017 18:11:31
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Demi-réal

Date: (1560-1576)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Nimègue

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 2,98 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et présente une usure assez importante

Catalogue references :

AMVB264

Obverse

Obverse legend : . DOMINVS. MIHI. ADIVTOR (CROIX FLEURDELISÉE)..

Obverse description : Buste cuirassé de Philippe II à droite .

Obverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PHS. D: G. HISP Z REX. DVX. GEL..

Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé, au 1 contre-écartelé en 1 et 4 de Castille, en 2 et 3 de Léon, au 2 mi-parti d'Aragon et de Sicile, enté en pointe de Grenade, au 3 d'Autriche moderne soutenu de Bourgogne ancien, au 4 de Bourgogne moderne soutenu de Brabant, sur le tout mi-parti de Flandre et de Tyrol.

Reverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, et duc de Brabant).

Historical background

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF GUELDRE - PHILIP II

(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.