E-auction 7-1524 - fre_297482 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - PHILIP II OF SPAIN Vingtième d’écu Philippe 1590 Tournai
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 23 € |
| Maximum bid : | 31 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 May 2013 18:03:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Vingtième d’écu Philippe
Date: 1590
Mint name / Town : Tournai
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court. Faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .PHS. D: G. HISP. - Z. REX. D. TORN.
Obverse 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, le tout entouré du collier de la Toison d’or.
Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne, seigneur de Tournai).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VTRUNQ+VIRT+PROTEGO+1741+.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée portant un quadrilobe évidé en cœur.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon aide).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - TOURNAI - 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 supports the Counter-Reformation. He won the victory of Lepanto in 1571, died in 1598 and his son Philippe succeeded him.
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