Betts-5
Undated (1560) Philip II, King of the New World, and Queen Isabella Vales Medal
Catalog Reference
Van Loon I, 30
Engraver: Giovanni Paolo Poggini
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On the obverse of Betts-5, we see a bust of Philip II with an inscription surrounding him. The reverse of the medal features a bust of Queen Isabella. Philip II was married four times. He wed Mary of Portugal in 1543 who bore him a son but died in 1545; second came Queen Mary of England in 1554, who died childless in 1558. He married Isabella of Valois on June 22, 1559 and Ann of Austria in 1570.
 38.4 to 39.3 mm, 1.5 to 2.0 mm thick 15.80 to 26.12 grams |  38.5 mm, 2.4 to 2.7 mm thick 36.52 grams |  36.9 mm 29.76 grams |
"PHILIPPVS II HISPAN ET NOVI ORBIS OCCIDVI REX" translates to "Philip, King of Spain and of the New Western World"
"ISABELLA VALES PHILIPPI II HISP REGIS VX" translates to "Isabella of Valois, wife of Philip II, King of Spain."
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the January 2006 Auction, where it realized $2,300.
