2 Liards - Philip V

Philip V of Spain held Namur as part of the Spanish Netherlands until the War of the Spanish Succession stripped it away. This 1709 piece was struck almost certainly in the final months of Spanish administration — Namur passed to Austrian Habsburg control under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, making late-reign copper issues like this one transitional survivals of a collapsing imperial framework. The county's small copper output means documented die varieties under GH#371-3 show meaningful differences in flan preparation and striking pressure.