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1 Gold Real - Philip II ANG in titles
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1557-1560 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1506-1713) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the elaborate crowned coat of arms of Philip II of Spain, comprising a quartered shield bearing the arms of Castile (castle), León (lion), Aragon (pales), and Granada (pomegranate), with additional quarterings for Naples, Sicily, Austria, Burgundy, Brabant, Flanders, and Tyrol. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown flanked by small heraldic supporters in the field. The entire achievement is centrally placed within the coin's field, with the Latin motto legend DOMINVS · MICHI · ADIVTOR · (The Lord is my helper) encircling the design. The reverse is executed in hammered relief with considerable heraldic complexity for the coin's small size. The border is plain with a beaded or cable inner rim visible on some examples. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philip II inherited Brabant as part of the seventeen provinces of the Low Countries upon the abdication of Charles V in 1555, and these gold reals were struck during the opening years of his rule before the religious and fiscal tensions that would eventually ignite the Revolt of the Netherlands. The "ANG" in Philip's titles — short for Angliae — reflects his status as King of England through his marriage to Mary I, a dignity that expired with her death in November 1558, giving this issue a hard terminus ante quem for at least the varieties bearing that specific titulature.
Delmonte distinguishes multiple die combinations within this short window, and the Fr#64/65 split follows differences in the legend arrangement rather than composition or weight.