v48_0477 - SAVOY - COUNTY OF SAVOY - AMADEUS VIII (COUNT) Obole (obolo di Viennese)
MONNAIES 48 (2011)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 120.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 120.00 €
Type : Obole (obolo di Viennese)
Date: (1391-1398)
Date: n.d.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,58 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et présentant des faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + AMEDEVS (MM) COM.
Obverse description : Écu de Savoie de forme losangique.
Obverse translation : (Amédée, comte).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DE [SA]BAVDIE.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (de Savoie).
Historical background
SAVOY - COUNTY OF SAVOY - AMADEUS VIII (COUNT)
(1398-1416)
Amédée VIII (1383-1434) is the son of Amédée VII and Bonne de Berry. He ascended the count's throne in 1391, under the regency of his mother until the year 1398. Savoy was erected into a duchy on February 19, 1416. He died in 1434. In his coinage there are three very different periods: regency (1391-1398); count (1398-1416); duke (1416-1434).
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