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1/8 Soldo - Emanuele Filiberto 1st type
| Issuer | Savoy, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1528-1580 |
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| Value | 1/8 Soldo (1⁄160) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the crowned heraldic shield of Savoy, bearing the cross of the House of Savoy, surmounted by an ornate ducal crown rendered in relief. The shield is flanked on either side by the initials F and E, standing for Emanuele Filiberto (Philibertus Emanuel), Duke of Savoy. The die work is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century hammered billon coinage, with a beaded or rope border encircling the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | E-F (Translation: Emanuele Filiberto) |
| Reverse description | A bold cross of Saint Maurice occupies the central field, its four arms extending nearly to the border and dividing the reverse into four cantons. Each canton contains one letter of the dynastic motto F-E-R-T, placed in sequence around the cross. The cross terminals display ornamental trefoil or fleury detailing consistent with sixteenth-century Savoyard hammered coinage. A beaded border frames the entire composition. |
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