World Medals, Spain, Philip II (1556-1598) and Anna of Austria (1549-1580; married 1570), complimentary medal, c. 1570, by Giampaolo Poggini, armoured bust of Philip l., PHILIPPVS II HISPAN REX CATHOL ARCH AVSTRIÆ, rev. bust of Anna r., hair in decorative net, neat ruff collar, ANNA REGINA PHILIPPI II HISPAN REGIS CATHOL, 37.5mm (Pollard 409b; Armand I, 240.15; Börner 689), a contemporary strike, three minor splits to lower edge, extremely fine and with hint of redness
*ex Baldwin's vault
(300-400 GBP)