1561 Token of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands - Philip II of Spain

Country: Spanish Netherlands 
King Felipe II of Spain (1527-1556-1598)
Type: Counter Token
Years: 1561
Mint: Flanders
Composition: Copper
Weight: 4.2 g
Diameter: 28-28.5 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Shape: Round
Grade: VG/F
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
Reference: Feuardent# 13721 / Dugn# 2297

Obverse:
Libra in balance; between the plates an open compass and below, a cartridge on which is the date. Latin legend around.

Lettering:
OMNIA• NVMERO• PONDERE• ET• MENSVRA 
1561

Translation: all by weight and measure. 1561

Reverse:
Large M ornate, surrounded by daisy flowers.

Lettering:
GECTOIRS • DV • BVRREAV • DES • FINANCES  • 

(Jeton du Bureau des Finances)

Translation: Token of the Finance Office.

Edge:
Smooth.

Comments:
Tribute to Margaret of Parma.
Margaret of Parma (Italian: Margherita di Parma; 5 July 1522 – 18 January 1586) was Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of the then 22-year-old Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst. She was a Duchess of Florence and a Duchess of Parma and Piacenza by her two marriages.

Referenz : Feu# 13721

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Sammlung : Spanish Empire (European states)