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1/2 Gold Real - Philip II with Portugal arms
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1585-1598 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central crowned composite shield of arms displaying the quartered heraldic escutcheon of Philip II, incorporating the arms of Castile, León, Aragon, Sicily, Granada, Austria, Burgundy (ancient and modern), Brabant, Flanders, Tyrol, and Portugal, the last confirming the post-1580 issue following the Iberian Union. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown and enclosed within a beaded border. The surrounding Latin legend PHS.D.G.HISP Z REX.DVX.BRA (Philip, by the grace of God, King of Spain etc., Duke of Brabant) runs along the coin's periphery, separated by pellet stops. |
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Philip II acquired the Lordship of the Spanish Netherlands through inheritance in 1556, but his rule over Brabant grew increasingly contested as the Dutch Revolt ground on. The addition of Portuguese arms to this type followed his seizure of the Portuguese crown in 1580 — a union enforced at Lisbon by the Duke of Alba with an army, not a negotiating table. By the time this series closed in 1598, Philip had ceded the Netherlands to his daughter Isabella and her husband Albert as the Archduchy, ending direct Spanish administration of the province.