Philip II

Spanish

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Philip II, son of the emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, born 1527, died 1598. He was invested by his father with the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily in 1554, and with the lordship of the Netherlands in 1555, and succeeded to the throne of Spain and its dependencies on the abdication of his father in 1556.

This coin is a variant of the medio reales struck for the Duchy of Gueldres in Spain between 1555 and 1576.

Philip II, Gold, Spanish

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Philip II, Gold, Spanish
Philip II, Gold, Spanish

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