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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Italy| > ME66320
Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, Phillip II of Spain, 25 July 1554 - 13 September 1598
|Italy|, |Kingdom| |of| |Naples| |and| |Sicily,| |Phillip| |II| |of| |Spain,| |25| |July| |1554| |-| |13| |September| |1598|, Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 and of Portugal from 1581 (as Philip I, Filipe I). From 1554 he was King of Naples and Sicily as well as Duke of Milan. During his marriage to Queen Mary I (1554 - 58), he was also King of England and Ireland. From 1555, he was lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands. Known in Spanish as "Philip the Prudent" (Felipe el Prudente), his empire included territories on every continent then known to Europeans, including his namesake Philippine Islands. During his reign, Spain reached the height of its influence and power. The expression "The empire on which the sun never sets" was coined during Philip's time to reflect the extent of his possessions.
ME66320. Bronze cavallo, MIR Napoli 198 var. (legend variations and the cross dividing the legend noted in MIR), aF, uneven strike, Naples mint, weight 1.956g, maximum diameter 18.8mm, die axis 0o, obverse PHILIPP REX ARA VT (sic), radiate head right, no date(?); reverse HIERVS + SICILIAE (sic), crown, legend divided at the top by small cross fourchée; SOLD











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