(sold for $193.0)

1676, Milan (Duchy), Charles II of Spain. Large Cob-Like Silver Filippo Coin. R!

Mint Year: 1676
State: Duchy of Milan
Mint Place: Milan (Italy)
Ruler: Charles II of Spain.
Reference: Davenport 4005, KM-92. R!
Denomination: Silver Filippo (100 Soldi)
Condition: Cleaned with light dark oxidation deposits remained, otherwise VF+
Weight: 27.57gm
Diameter: 42mm
Material: Silver

Obverse: Armored bust of Charles II of Spain right. Date (1676) below.
Legend: CAROLVS . II . REX . HISPANIARVM / 1676

Reverse: Crowned composite Spanish coat-of-arms with central shields of Portugal and Milan within cartouche.
Legend: MEDIOLANI . DVX . ET . C .

For your consideration a large cob-like silver Filippo coin of 100 Soldi. A very rare example struck for the Duchy of Milan during the rule of Charles II of Spain. Unlike the usual colonial coinage, Spanish-italian coinage bears the portraits of the rulers. A rare and beautiful hammered cob-like coin!

Charles II (6 November 1661, Madrid – 1 November 1700, Madrid), was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy (except Piedmont, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice), the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines. He is noted for his extensive physical, intellectual, and emotional problems – along with the consequent ineffectual rule – as well as his role in the developments preceding the War of Spanish Succession.