This medal commemorates the marriage of Philip II (k. 1556-1598) and his third wife, Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, resulting from the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559. The king’s bust is portrayed, looking towards the left, with armour, cloak, high collar and tight ruff, and his wife is represented on the back in like fashion. Both sides of the work bear the signature of the Goldsmith and coiner Giampaolo Poggini, who trained in Florence with Benvenuto Cellini (Text drawn from cat. exp. Los Objetos Hablan, Sevilla, 2016, p. 41).