Suite Medal ca. 1697 William II, Count of Zeeland & Holland (Anti-King of Germany) Christian Wermuth. VF-aXF (corrosion!)

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1697, Germany. William II, Count of Zeeland & Holland (Anti-King of Germany). Suite Medal.

Mint Year: ca. 1697
Medallist: Christian Wermuth
Condition: Dark oxidation spots (corrosion), otherwise VF-aXF with some mint luster in reverse fields!
Denomination: Medal - Kings and Emperors Suite Series: WIlliam II, Count of Zeeland & Holland (Anti-King of Germany).
Material: White metal
Weight: 10.74gm
Diameter: 32mm


Obverse: Facing crowned bust of William II, holding scepter and cross-topped orb.
Legend: * WILHELMVS ROMANORVM REX SEMPER AVGVSTVS


Reverse: Bibliographical data of the Emperor in 17 lines legend in latin with medallist´s signature (CWC. PR.C.) below.
Legend: PATRE....AN . 1256 .





William II (February 1227 – 28 January 1256) was the Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1234 until his death. He was elected anti-king of Germany in 1248 and ruled as sole king from 1254 onwards.

With the help of his maternal uncle Duke Henry II of Brabant and the Cologne archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden, William was elected king of Germany after Emperor Frederick II was excommunicated by Pope Innocent IV. He succeeded Landgrave Henry Raspe of Thuringia who had died within a year after his election as anti-king in 1246.

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