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Philip II silver "Handover to Spain" Medal 1598-Dated MS64 NGC, van Loon-I-496. 70mm. By C. Bloc. This massive silver Medal was struck in celebration of Philip II's handover of rule to his daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia and her husband Archduke Albert VII of Austria, following a tumultuous tenure with Philip's attempt at quelling the Dutch Revolt which eventually led to the Eighty Years' War. This ornately engraved piece rendered in exceptionally high relief features the portrait of a 71 year-old Philip II of Spain donning a fine fur stole and the Order of the Golden Fleece, and holding a scepter. The expansive nature of such a large medal lends well to the ambitious detail imbued by the engraver, while the surfaces, largely mark-free, boast superior visual characteristics in a uniform battleship-gray base coated in a subtle pastel patina.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/spanish-netherlands/spanish-netherlands-philip-ii-silver-handover-to-spain-medal-1598-dated-ms64-ngc-/a/3094-35149.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 2000-3000 USD
Philip II silver "Handover to Spain" Medal 1598-Dated MS64 NGC, van Loon-I-496. 70mm. By C. Bloc. This massive silver Medal was struck in celebration of Philip II's handover of rule to his daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia and her husband Archduke Albert VII of Austria, following a tumultuous tenure with Philip's attempt at quelling the Dutch Revolt which eventually led to the Eighty Years' War. This ornately engraved piece rendered in exceptionally high relief features the portrait of a 71 year-old Philip II of Spain donning a fine fur stole and the Order of the Golden Fleece, and holding a scepter. The expansive nature of such a large medal lends well to the ambitious detail imbued by the engraver, while the surfaces, largely mark-free, boast superior visual characteristics in a uniform battleship-gray base coated in a subtle pastel patina.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/spanish-netherlands/spanish-netherlands-philip-ii-silver-handover-to-spain-medal-1598-dated-ms64-ngc-/a/3094-35149.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 2000-3000 USD