SPAIN - PHILIPPE III son of Philip II and Anne of Austria - Lot 146

SPAIN - PHILIPPE III son of Philip II and Anne of Austria September 13, 1598 - March 31, 1621 PHILIPP VS - III - D - L. Crowned shield with multiple quarters. On the left, aqueduct and C, and on the right, I. R/. HISPANIARVM. REX. Jerusalem cross within a leafy quatrefoil. Above, vintage. ♦ Fr 194 Gold Escudo 1607 Aqueduct = Segovia (3.44 g) Rare. A very fine example. Philip III attempted to improve Spain's deteriorating situation. He made peace with England and the Netherlands, but Spain continued to decline. He drove out the Moors in 1609. The same year, Spain signed a twelve-year truce with the United Provinces. In 1610, the assassination of King Henri IV of France led to the accession of the nine-year-old Louis XIII. The regency, entrusted to Queen Mother Marie de Médicis, marked the beginning of a pacifist policy of rapprochement with the House of Habsburg.