Object Description
355 CHARLES II (1661-1700), King of Spain, Naples and Sicily, 1665 1679
Obv. Half-length figure, three-quarters to left, with scepter, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece. Around, + CARLOS . II . DEI . GRATIA . REY . DE . LASPANAS . Y . DELAS . YNDIAS . 1679
Rev. Saint James riding a rearing horse. Around, + SANTIAGO . PATRON . DE . SPANA . ORA . PRO . NOBIS . 1679
Bronze, 81 mm.
Charles' mother Mariana of Austria ruled as regent for him until his brother John of Austria overthrew her in 1677 and put her in exile. At John's death in 1679 she returned and Charles came to power.
Bibl.: De Caro Balbi, p. 25, fig. 20 (as by J. B. Fischer von Erlach?).
