bfe_326923 - SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - AMADEUS VIII (DUKE) Quart de gros, 2e type
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 60.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 60.00 €
Type : Quart de gros, 2e type
Date: 26/02/1420
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Chambéry
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 0,87 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart de gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier, voilé et est recouvert d’une patine grise. Flan légèrement voilé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + AMEDEVS (ÉTOILE) DVX: SAB', (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : FERT en lettres gothiques entre quatre traits.
Obverse translation : (Amédée, duc de Savoie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + IN ITALIA: MARCHIO, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS).
Reverse description : Croix de Savoie dans un losange double.
Reverse translation : (En Italie, [prince] des Marches).
Historical background
SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - AMADEUS VIII (DUKE)
(1416-1434)
Amédée VIII (1383-1434) is the son of Amédée VII and Bonne de Bourbon. 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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