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1 Gold Real - Philip II with ANG
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1557-1560 |
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| Value | 1 Gold Real (Gouden Reaal) (3) |
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| Reverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms of Philip II displayed centrally within the field, incorporating the heraldic quarters of Castile, León, Aragon, and other Habsburgian territories, surmounted by an elaborate crown. The shield is rendered in fine hammered relief with strong heraldic detail. The circumferential Latin legend, reading from the lower left, invokes divine assistance. A decorative rosette separates the legend's terminal and initial characters. The overall composition is characteristic of the Habsburg Low Countries coinage of the mid-16th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1557-1560) |
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Philip II inherited the Seventeen Provinces from his father Charles V in 1555, but the Dutch never warmed to him. Unlike Charles, who was Flemish-born and politically adroit with his northern subjects, Philip was Castilian through and through and ruled from Spain. The ANG mintmark places this piece at the Dordrecht mint, operating under the authority of the Holland provincial estates during a window before the fiscal and religious tensions of the 1560s hardened into open revolt.
The Delmonte reference for this type is among the scarcer provincial gold assignments in the Low Countries series.